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1907.
Xo
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C. STOCKHAUSEN
PHILADELPHIA
LIST OK PAPERS.
V JN (E. T., Jr.).
Some North American Diptera from the Southwest
(Plate I) 99
The North American Species of the Dipterous Family
Scenopinidaj (Plate II) 109
DiETz (Wm. G., M.D.).
The North American Species of the Genus Ornix Tr.
(Plate IV) 287
Fall (H. C), and Cockerell (T. D. A.).
The Coleoptera of New Mexico ..... 145
Grossbeck (John A.).
Notes on certain described species of Geometridse, with
descriptions of a few new species . . . 335
Haseman (Leonard).
A Monograph of the North American Psychodidre,
including ten new species and an Aquatic Psy-
chodid from Florida (Plates V-VIII) . . 299
Jones (Paul R.).
A Preliminary List of the Asilidse of Nebraska, with
descriptions of New Species ..... 273
Kearfott (W. D.).
New North American Tortricidae .... 1
Smith (Harry Scott).
Contributions toward a Monograph of the Ceratinidse
of North and Middle America (Plate III) . .115
Smith (John B., Sc.D.).
New Species of Noctuidse for 1907. No. 1 . . . 125
Notes on the Species of Amathes Hbn, (Plates IX-X) 345
Revision of the Species of Pleonectyptera Grt. (Plate
XI) 368
Viereck (Henry L.).
Notes and Descriptions of Hymen op tera from the West-
ern United States (Plates XII-XIII) . . 381
INDEX.
The names of new genera and of new species are followed by the name of the
Author.
PAGE
Acalles indigens Fall 268
Acontia cacola Smith 141
Acronycta elisabeta Smith 125
Acnria insecta 101
.Ethyctera 341
Agrilus townsendi Fall 234
Aleptina leuteomedia Smith 136
Alpha cruciferorum Vierech 388
enigmatus Viereck 389
glohulosiformis Viereck 386
marginilineatus Viereck 381
Amathes 345
acta 352, 356
aggressa 352, 358
americana 346
antapica 352, 357
bicolorago 352, 353
decipiens 346, 352, 356
duscata 352, 360
euroa 352, 359
fornica 352, 358
immaculata 346
inops 346, 352
purpurea 346, 352, 357
puta 346
ralla 346, 352, 360
straminea 352, 357
verberata 352
Amphizoidse 162
Anametis subfusca Fall 261
Ancylis intermediana Kearfott 56
Ania brehmeata Grossbeck 343
Auothyreus viciniformis Viereck ■■ .381
AnthicidfE 207
Anthribidfe 218
Aphodius ahusus Fall 242
crassuloides Fall 243
dialytoides Fall 247
longitarsis Fall 246
moquinus Fall 242
neotomse Fall • • 243
plutouicus Fall 245
Aphodius rotundiceps Fall 244
umbricollis Fall 245
Aphricus Inteipennis Fall 232
Aquatic Psychodid 324
Archips brauniana Kearfott 69
Asilidae, new species 273
Asilua annulatus 286
flavipes 286
novpescotise 286
Athous agriotoides Fall 230
discors Fall 230
jejuuus Fall 231
nugalis Fall 228
palpalis Fall 229
quadricollis Fall 229
recticollis Fall 228
rufotestaceus Fall 231
speculifer Fall 229
Atomosia glabrata 281
soror 281
Attelabidse 211
Dostrychidse .185
Bruchidae 200
Buprestidse 179
Byrrhidse 176
Byrsopidse 211
Calandridae 216
Carabidse 156
Carebara brevicoUis Fall 253
californica Fall ... .254
Carposina conionana Kearfott 87
Cebrio compositus Fall 233
Cenopis chanibersana Kearfott 93
karacana Kearfott 68
saracana Kearfott 68
Ceramby cidse 191
Ceratiuidse, Monograph of 115
Ceratina 116
abdominalis Smith. .117, 119, 122
acantha 117, 119, 121
amabilis 118
arizonensis 116
INDEX.
PAGE
Ceratina atrata Slmif.h 116, 118, 120
auriviridis Smith 118, 122
azteca 117
bakeri Smith 116, 120
capitosa 118, 119
cohaltina 117
cyaniventris 119
diodonta Smith 116, 118. 121
dupla 117, 118
eximia 118
gigantea Smith 119, 123
igiiara 119
Iffita 119
lunata Smith 116, 118, 119
metal lica Smith 117, 121
niexicana 117, 118
nanula 117, 118
nautlana 119
iieoniexicana 117, 118
paeifica Smith 118, 122
placida 118
punctulata 118
riifipes 117
strenua 117
tejonensis 117
townsendi 119
Cerotainia atrata Jones 280
Ceutorhynchus notatulus Fall 269
solitariiis Fall 269
tescorum Fall 270
Clifetocnenia costata Fall 252
Chi ysobotliris con vexa Fall 233
Chrysomelidje 194
Chytolita fulicolis Smith 143
Cicindelidse 154
Ciidfe 185
Cimbocera conspersa Fall 261
Cistelidffi 205
Cleora formosata 342
Cleridte 183
Clerus corallinus Fall 240
Coccinellidai 169
Coleo])tera of New Mexico 145
ColydiidfE 172
Coniniopliila huachucana Kearfott- ■ .78
Coiiotiaclielus invadeiis Fall 268
Cophura cristata 280
Crabro caiiouicola Viereck 402
PAGE
Crabro cinctibellus Vierech 401
papagoruni Viereck 401
viciiiiformis Viereck 381
Cryptophagidre 172
Ciiciijidaj • • • -172
CurculionidsB 212
Cydia colorana Kearfott 93
cupres.saiia Kearfott 54
inquilina Kearfott 55
piperana Kearfott 55
Cymatopboia sericeata 341
Cyphomimus ochreus Fall 264
Cyrtopogon plaiisor 277
Dascyllidse 177
Dasyllus astnr 282
fernaldi 282
sacrator 282
Dasymutilla apachea Viereck 386
Desmestidffi 172
Deromyia angustipennis 280
platyptera 280
Dicbelonycba 248
mormon Fall 249
testaceipennis Fall 248
Dioctria rufipes Jones 276
Diptera, North American 99, 115
Doryctes apacheus Viereck 383
femur-nibrum Viereck 384
Doryctomorpba sliosbonea Viereck .382
Dysticidffi 162
Echthodopa pubera • -276
Elateridse 177
Elmis addendus Fall 226
antennatus Fall 227'
pecosensis Fall 226
Eiiarmonia angleseana Kearfott • • • -64
daiia Kearfott 65
dandana Kearfott 65
dyaraiia Kearfott 58
edwardsiana Kearfott 58
fana Kearfott 64
garacana Kearfott 66
lana Kearfott 59
placerana Kearfott 60
sandersana Kearfott 63
tana Kearfott 62
vana Kearfott 62
vancouversana Kearfott 63
INDEX.
PAGE
Enarmonia walsinghami Kenrfott. ■ .57
wana Kearfott. 60
EndoTnychidae 171
Ensina hnmilis 101
Eois pallida 341
volucrata 341
Epicauta ingrata Fall 258
ruidosana Fall 258
Epimechus uanulus Fall 267
stragulus i^a« ..267
Epinotia dietziana Kearfott 92
haimbachiana Kearfott 51
plumbolineana Kearfott 53
septemberana Kearfott 51
Epursea alticola Fall 223
Erax cinerascens 283
stamineus 283
Erotylidse 171
Etypbus townsendi • 107
Euaesthetus 219
neomexicanus Fall 219
Euaresta abstersa 106
araucosa 105
bella 105
pura 105
tapetis 105
timida 105
webbii Ip5
Eiicestia rotundata 335
EiicbJseua occantaria 343
Eucosma bobaua Kearfott 26
boxeaua Kearfott 87
brightonatia Kearfott 23
canariaiia Kearfott 18
cocana Kearfott 26
dodana Kearfott 27
fandana Kearfott 19
floridana Kearfott 21
fofana Kearfott 28
gandana Kearfott 20
bandana Kenrfott 20
hohana Kearfott 28
hopkinsana Kearfott 36
idahoana Kearfott 90
immaculana Kearfott 35
jobnsonana Kearfott 36
kandana Kearfott 20
kokana Kearfott 29
PAGE
Eucosma landana Kearfott 18
lolana Kearfott 29
raandana Kearfott 17
miscana Kearfott 91
momana Kearfott 30
nandana Kearfott 17
nomana Kearfott 30
palousana Kearfott 34
pandana Kearfott 17
popana Kearfott 31
randana Kearfott 21
rorana Kearfott 31
sandana Kearfott .... 22
snydeiana Kearfott 89
sonoraana Kearfott 27
spaldiugana Kearfott 19
sosana Kearfott 32
subinvicta Kearfott 33
tandana Kearfott 23
totana Kearfott 32
vandana Kearfott 24
vomonana Kearfott 90
vovana Kearfott 33
■walkerana Kearfott 89
wandana Kearfott 24
womonaua Kearfott 88
xandana Kearfott 24
yandana Kearfott 25
Zand an a Kearfott 25
Eulia uiscana Kearfott 94
Eumenes bolliforniis Viereck .387
cruciferorum Viereck. • ■ 388
enigmatus Viereck 389
globulosiformis Viereck 386
marginilineatus Viereck 381
Europs striatulus Fall 224
Eutreta sparsa 101
Euxoa epictata Smith 130
moxa Smith 129
Evetria burkeana Kearfott 4
colfaxiana Kearfott 3
monophylliana Kearfott 1
pasadenana Kearfott 3
pinicolana (errata) .97
sabiniaua Kearfott 2
zozana Kearfott 2
Flebotomus 322
cruciatus 322
INDEX.
PAGE
Flebotomus vexator 322
Geometridic 335
Gorytes giilieimi Viereck 408
papagoruni Viereck 400
subaustralis Viereck 398
Gy rill idle 163
Haliplidfe 162
Hedysonius wichitus Viereck 404
Heteroceridse 176
Heteropogon nigripes Jones 279
Heterothops mediscris Fall 220
Histeridse 173
Holcocephala abdoniinalis- 278
Holcopogon seniculus 279
Honiogliea dives !<mith 135
Hydriomena grand iosa 329
indefinata Grosxbeck 336
occidens 336
Hydrophilidae 163
Hyinenoptera of Western U. S.- • • .381
Hyperaspis lisematosticta Fall 222
Hypolescbus Fall 265
atratus Fall 266
Iphianlax triangulifera Viereck- . ■ .384
Liagriidie 205
Lanipria rubriventris 282
Lanipyridse 181
Laphria gilva 283
Laphystia sp 274, 275
Lasiopogon quadrivittatus Jones. ..278
Lathridiidse 175
Leptogaster muriuus 273
Leptura barberi Fall 250
cockerelli Fall 251
insignis Fall 251
keriiiana Fall 249
subcostata Fall 249
Limonius sinuifroiis Fall 227
Lucanidse 185
Luperodes semiliavus Fall 252
lUalacbidie 182
Mailopbora guiidiana 284
Maric'opodynerns niaricoporuni 1^^.397
Melaiidryidse 205
Meloidse 208
Mesoleuca abacta 339
atrifasciata 338
aurata 338
PAGE
Mesoleuca californiata 336
ethela 339
Metatrichia 109, 112
biilbosus 112
MonommidfE 205
Monotoniidip 176
Mordella fuscocinerea Fall 254
perlineata Fall 254
Mordellidse 206
Mordellistena 255
divisa 257
eirans Fall 256
festiva Fall 255
pallens Fall 255
sericans Fall 256
suspecta Fall 256
Mutilla apachea Viereck 386
Mycetopbagidse 172
Mydas abdoniinalis 107
cletpis 107
luteopennis 107
Myodites vierecki Fall 259
Narthecinus breviceps 223
grandiceps 223
monticola Fall 222, 223
simulator 223
striaticeps Fall 222, 223
Neaspilota alba 101
Neomedon piciventre Fall 220
Nitidulidaj 174
Noctuidse, New species 125
Nusa fulvicauda ? 281
Nysson intermedius 409
Ochodseus gnatbo Fall 247
miniius Fall 248
Odynerus anormiforniis Viereck •••407
canal iculatus Viereck 392
cocliisensis Viereck 395
congressus Viereck 405
giilielrna Viereck 408
hidalgiformis Viereck 391
niaricoporuni Viereck 397
papagoruni Viereck 394
pinorum Viereck 405
provisoreus Viereck 396
pulverulenta Viereck 406
rectangulus Viereck 393
spectabiliforrais Viereck 390
INDEX.
PAGE
Odynerus sulfuritinotus Viereck. ■ -389
tempiferus Viereck 392
yumus Viereck 397
CEdemeridie 206
Olethreutes coranana Kearfott 10
daeckeana Kearfott 12
devotana Kearfott 16
galaxana Kearfott 9
glitranana Kearfott 9
gogana Kearfott 8
islandana Kearfott 80
mana Kearfott 14
ocliromediana Kearfott 11
provana Kearfott 16
removana Kearfott 15
rosaochreana Kearfott 11
rubripunctana Kearfott 14
separatana Kearfott- 13
wellingtoniana Kearfott 13
Ophryastes symmetricus Fall 260
Ornix 287
albifasciella 295
aiiglicella 289, 294
arbitrella Dietz 289, 293
arbutifoliella Diets 289, 296
boreasella 289, 290
conspicuella Dietz 289, 293
cratjegifoliella 289, 292
dubitella Dietz 289, 292
guttea . 289, 290
kalmiella Dietz 289, 291
melanotella Dietz 289, 293
obliterella Diets 289, 297
preciosella Diets 289, 291
prunivorella 289, 294
quadripunctella 289, 295
solitariella Diets 290
strobivorella Dietz 289, 296
vicinella Diets 289, 296
Orthosia acta Smith 133
aggressa Smith 135
antipicta Smith 134
fornica Smith 134
inops 360
straminea Smith 132
Ospriocerus abdotninalis 273
Othniidse 205
Otidocephalus rbois Fall 266
PAGE
Otiorhyncbidse 211
Oxycnemis adustus Smith 139
baboquavaria Smith 137
gustis Smith 138
yuma Smith 133
Pachymenes bolliformis Viereck- - .387
Palaminus amplipenuis Fall 221
Pandeletejus ciuereu? 264
hilaris 264
rotundicoUis Fall 262, 263
simplariiis Fall 263, 264
subtropicus Fall 263, 264
Pandemis pyrnsana Kearfott 70
Parateuctus crinitns Fall 253
ParnidiB 176
Pedilophorus lateralis Fall 225
subcuprens Fall 225
snbsetosus Fall 224
Pepsis angiistimarginata Viereck- - .398
Pericoma 325
ameiicana 303, 309
bipunctata 303, 305
oalifornica 303, 304
furcata 303, 306
longiplata Haseman 303, 308
ocellaris 303, 309
olympia 303, 305
scala Haseman 303, 307
sitchana .' 303, 305
trialbawhoila Haseman.. 303, 306
tridactila 303, 304
triloba 303, 304
truncata 303, 309
variegata 303, 308
Perigea morosa Smith 141
Petropbora spaldingaria Grossbeck. -340
volucer 340
Phicnodus caddous Viereck 403
Phalacridse •'. 168
Phalonia anrorana Kearfott 83
bana Kearfott 73
basiochreana Kearfott 78
biscana Kearfott 75
bomonana Kearfott 75
carmelana Kearfott 76
cincinnatana Kearfott 78
discana Kearfott 78
elderana Kearfott 84
INDEX.
PACK
Phalonia fornionana Kearfott 81
foxcana Kearfott 84
giscana Kearfott 75
listerana Kearfott- • ■ 80
raaiana Kearfott 82
noiilavana Kearfott 85
obispoana Kearfott 77
sublepidaiia Kearfott 82
toxcaiia Kearfott 85
vachelliana Kearfott 80
viscana Kearfott 84
voxcana Kearfott 83
wiscaua Kearfott 77
zaracana Kearfott 74
ziscana Kearfott 76
zoxcana Kearfott 86
Philerenie formosa 337
iiigrescens 337
Phyllotrox quadricollis Fall 265
Plagiotoina obliqua 100
Pleonectj'ptera 363
finitinia 368, 377
geoinetralis 367, 370
habitalis 367, 370
histrionalis 368, 378
imniaculalis 367, 374
incusalis 367, 372
parallelus Smith 367. 373
punitalis Smith 367, 375
pyralis 367, 368
rectal is Smith 367, 375
reversalis Smith ...... .367, 371
secundalis Smith 368, 376
subflavidalis 368, 378
tenalis Smith .368, 379
Pogonosoma dorsatuni 281
Polemins binotatus Fall 236
regnlaris Fall 235
Polycbrosis anibrosiana Kearfott 8
aruucana Kearfott 5
niagnoliana Kearfott 6
vernoniana Kearfott 7
yaracana Kearfott 5
Proctacantbus milbertii 283
Proniachiis bastardii 284
fitcbii 284
vertebratus 284
Proteopteryx albicapitana .Kear/bf<. .47
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Proteopteryx faracana Kearfott 47 k
baracana Kearfott 46 I
laracana Kearfott 45
niaracana Kearfott 46
Proteoteras arizoiise Kearfott 48
crescentana Kearfott 49
naracana Kearfott 50
torontana Kearfott 50
Psammodius arabiguus Fall 241
Pselaphidse 165
Pseudatricbia 109. 112
fiaviceps 113, 114
griseola 112, 113
longurio 112,114
pilosa 113, 114
unicolor 112, 113
Psycbodidse, Nortb American ... .299
Psycboda 325
albi punctata 310. 313
albitarsis 310, 313
alternata 311, 320
bicolor 310, 314
cinerea 310,317
elegans 310, 317
floridana Haseman 310, 316
horizontala Haseman • ■ .310, 313
kingifringa Haseman. ■ ■ .310, 318
marginalis 310, 311
niinuta 310. 318
nigra .310, 314
nitida 310,311
nocturiiale Haseman • • • -310, 319
opposita 311, 321
scbizura 310, 316
Sigma 311, 321
signata 311, 320
slossoni 310. 314
snowi Haseman 310, 311
superba 310, 315
uniformata Haseman- ■ . .310, 319
Ptinidse 184
Pycnopogon cirrhatus 279
Pytbidae 206
Racbela hyperborea 335
latipennis 335
Rbadiurgus leucopogon 286
Rhiiiomaceridie 211
Rhipiceridse 177
INDEX.
PAGE
Rbipiphoridae 211
RhynchitidiE 211
Saropogon adustus 279
Scaphidiidfe 168
ScarabaeidiE 185
Scelolophia formosa 340
Scenopinidfe 109
Scenopinus 109
albidipennis Ill
fenistralis ,110
glabrifrous 110
nubilipes 110, 111
Schinia buta Smith 131
ernesta Smith 131
sara Smith 130
Scleropogon helvolus 273
similis Jb»ies 274
Scolytidse 217
Scydmsenidge 165
Selidosoma deiifatiini 342
Seruiophora atoma Smith 126
grisatra Smith 125
Setagrotis dernarius Smith 128
dncalis .Smiift 128
mWs Smith 127
Silphidae 164
Sparganothis bistriata Kearfott 67
taracana Kearfott 66
tristriata Kearfott 67
yumana Kearfott 67
Sphindidse 185
Spilograpba obfuscata 100
Spondylidse 190
Staphylinidfe 165
Staphylinus modestus Fall 219
Stenodynerus anormiformis Vier.- .^07
cochisensis Viereck 395
congressns Viereck 405
gulielrni Viereck 408
papagorum Viereck 394
provisoreus Viereck 396
rectangulis Viereck 393
tenipifenis Viereck 392
yumus Viereck 397
Stenopogon teacidinus 274
consanguineus 274
inquinatus 274
Stenoprosopus ? n. sp 284
PAGE
Stibadium fulginosa Smith 140
hutsoni Smith 140
Stichopogon trifasciatus 279
Stilicus oblitus Fall 221
Strauzia diflfusia 100
longipennis 99
Syndipnus erythrogaster Viereck- ■ .385
Tachy eockerelli Fall 218
Tseniocampa saleppa Smith 132
Telephorus insipidus Fall 235
Tenebrionidse 201
Tepbritis clathrata 101
corpulenta Cresson 103
despecta 105
dupla Cresson 102
fibulata 104
finalis 101
inornata 104
miirina 102
paliidipenuis Cresson 104
umbrata Cresson 102
Tbiodia annetteana Kearfott 42
aspbodelana Kearfott 42
aspidicana Kearfott 38, 39
awenieana Kearfott. ■ ■ .38, 39, 41
baracana Kearfott 43
caracana Kearfott 43
daracana Kearfott 44
essexana Kearfott 38, 39
ferriiginaua 38, 39
formosana 38
kiscana Kearfott 92
radiatana 37, 38
raracaua Kearfott 44
I'oseoterminana Kearf...38, 39, 40
nmbrastiiaiia Kearfott. ..38, 39,40
Tbroscidse 179
Tolmerus cailidus 285
notatus 285
Torn OS abjectarius 342
Tortiicidse, New N. Anier 1
Tortrix albiconiana 73
cbioccana Kearfott 72
cockerellana Kearfott 71
curvalana Kearfott 73
dorsipurpurana Kearfott 73
kukukana Kearfott 70
nervosana Kearfott 71
INDEX.
PAGK
Tortrix seniinolana Kenrfott 71
Trichalophus arcuatns Full 264
Tricliocliroiis hicoloripes Fall 239
incultus Fall 238
mixtus Full 237
placatus Full 238
prostenialis Fall 240
siniilis Fall 239
sophise Fall 236
Trichoniyia 323
lanceolata 323
unipimctata Haseman 323
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Triclis flavipilis Jones 275
Trogositidse 176
Trypetidae 99
Ulotnyia 325
Urellia eugenia 106
nievaina lOH
radifeia 106
stigmatica 106
vicina 106
Yrias terminalis S:mith 142
Zonitis martini Fall 257
vigilans Fall 257
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NEW IKORTH AMERICAN TORTRl€ID^.
BY W. D. KEARFOTT.
ETetria monophylliaua sp. nov.
Expanse 15-19 mm.
Head : whitish-gray, mixed with brown and reddish scales; palpi light brown-
ish-fuscous; thorax whitish-gray, striped with shades of brown and bright red
scales; autennse light gray ; abdomen missing on all four specimens ; legs whitish,
dusted with fuscous.
Forewing: white on the basal fourth and upper half from base to outer third,
the ground color of the lower half, beyond the basal fourth and the apical third
is a light pinkish-fawn or salmon. There are two transverse irregular bands of
scattered fuscous-brown scales on basal fourth, with a few salmon dots in middle
of the outer. There is a broad fuscous-brown fascia, more or less overlaid with
salmon from middle of costa, through white ground color only, stopping at the
salmon color. On each side of this the costa, in the white area, is evenly dotted
with four or five fuscous-brown streaks. Above the salmon of the outer third
the costa is narrowly white, on which are two groups of fuscous-brown scales,
below each the salmon shade is more intense, of a coppery hue. Extreme edge
of dorsum white, dotted with brown. Before a white preciliate line the termen
is edged with bright red, slightly enlarged and mixed with a few blackish scales
in the middle. Cilia inwardly red, outwardly pink, with a few scattered gray
scales.
Hindwing: pale gray, cilia white, with a gray basal line; underside whitish-
dusted with fuscous in apex, cilia white.
Underside forewing: grayish fuscous, two large white costal spots before apex,
cilia leaden, with whitish basal line.
Four specimens from collections U. S. Nat. Mus. Bearing labels
"On Sinns monophylla ;" Coso Valley, May 91, K ;" "Argus Mts.,
May 91, K." In the Century Atlas both Coso Valley and Argus
Mountains are shown in Kern Co., Cal.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and my collection.
TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. (1) JANUARY. 1907.
2 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Kvetria sabiniana sp. nov.
Expanse 22-23 mm.
Head : whitish, tinged with sahnon on sides ; palpi white, lightly tinged with
pink on sides; thorax white, mottled with salmon ; antenna light salmon ; abdo-
men white, anal tuft yellowish ; legs salmon, thinly banded and dusted with white.
Forewing : salmon, with a broad white fascia across middle of wing and a
narrower white fascia across wing at outer third. The white fasciae are edged
with shining scales, and a short line of the same cross wing before apex. These
shining scales are white in the fascije and salmon elsewhere. The outer fascia is
forked at costa, enclosing a small dot of salmon, between it and apex are two
other obscure white costal dots. In the middle of wing at base is a streak of
scales that are more of a pink shade than the salmon. Cilia white.
Hind wing: pale straw color, cilia white; underside the same, but darker below
costa. Underside forewing ochreous yellow, dotted with white on costa, cilia
white.
One specimen from collections U. S. Nat. Mus., bearing labels,
" Sacramento Co., Cal.," " Augt. 9, '85," " 3820," " 43," " Larva on
Fhius sabiuiana,'' and a label in Walsingham's handwriting " Ste-
ganoptica n. sp. allied to sinicolana and huolana of Europe, left
wings to W. 186."
One specimen from J. G. Gruudel, Santa Clara, Cal., emerged
from pine gum, June 20, 1904. This last specimen is darker than
the first; the head, palpi, and thorax are shades of pinkish brown ;
the forewing is also more of a brownish pink, but the fascise, shining
scales, and other marks are the same in both.
Cotypes in the U. S. Nat. Mus. and ray collection.
Kvetria zozana sp. nov.
Expanse 20 mm.
Head : pale fawn, mixed salmon, collar pale straw color; palpi very pale fawn
within, speckled with light fuscous, externally red dish -salmon ; antenna gray ;
thorax reddish-salmon in front and base of patagia, the balance gray, speckled
with white; abdomen fuscous; legs speckled, cinereous gray and white.
Forewing: inner two-thirds white, heavily reticulated with blackish fuscous,
somewhat concentrated in two darker fascia at inner fourth and middle, the lat-
ter is overlaid with dull ochreous scales on lower two-thirds. The outer third is
reddish, divided by a whitish-pink fascia composed of a large spot below costa
and another one above anal angle. The inner half of this reddish area is over-
laid with dull ochreous on lower half; the outer portion, outlining termen, is
intense red and forms a narrow fascia which is enlarged a third below costa and
continuous to costa before ajiex as an ochreous streak. Beyond the red terminal
band is a narrow white pieciliate line. The cilia are pinkish, with a speckled
white and gray line dividing this color below apex and superceding the pink at
the anal angle.
Hind wing: smoky fuscous, darker at apex, cilia fuscous, with a darker line at
base and a lighter line beyond.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 3
Underside paler than upper. Underside forewing smoky fuscous, cilia paler,
preceded by a white basal line, and with the ends of tlie pink scales overlapping
on upper half.
One specimen, Placer Co., Cal,, April 20; collected by Arthur H,
Vachell.
Type in my collection.
Eveti'ia coiTaxiana sp. uov.
Expanse 22 mm.
Head and thorax whitish, mixed with black scales; palpi fawn, outer joint
dark brown; antennse gray; abdomen gray, annulated with dark fuscous; anal
tuft pale fawn ; legs pale fawn, dusted with fuscous.
Forewing: whitish gray. Base narrowly black, mottled with gray, succeeded
by a whitish gray fascia, narrow on costa, broad on dorsum, followed by a broader
dark fascia, black only on edges, overlaid in middle with gray, and above this a
streak of ochreous; the outer line of this fascia is from costa at outer fourth,
obliquely straight to fold, then concave to dorsum at inner third. Beyond this
the ground color predominates, with a triangular spot on dorsum, at anal angle,
sending a line of black scales from its upper end to costa at outer fourth, below
costa this line connects with another shorter one which goes outside of ocellus.
The broad whitish gray middle area is transversed by two, wide apart, lines of
black scales, and lightly mottled with darker gray; through the middle of cell
and below fold are horizontal streaks of yellowish. The ocellus is a flattened
oval, long axis vertical, of whitish shining scales, enclosing a vertical line of
shining ochreous. Beyond it the apex is coppery yellow. There are five black
and four whitish spots on costa beyond middle, the inner two join together
below, making a large quadrate dark shade, from the fourth dark spot descends
the line of black scales above mentioned and from the fifth a similar black line
divides the coppery sh^ide. All of these dark spots are overlaid in the middle
with coppery brown. Cilia pale gray, mottled with fuscous.
Hind wings: fuscous, cilia whitish ; underside gray, dotted with dark fuscous
on costa. Underside forewings dark fuscous, mottled with black ; costal spots
repeated.
One specimen, Colfax, Placer Co., Cal., July ; collected by Artliur
H. Vachell.
Evetria pai^adenana sp. nov.
Expanse 15-19 mm.
Head : reddish-ochreous ; palpi creamy-ochreous inside, dark reddish outside;
antenna fuscous; thorax fuscous gray, patagia reddish at base and tipped with
grayish-white; abdomen light brownish fuscous; legs grayish-white, banded and
powdered with dark brown.
Forewing: gray, overlaid with reddish-brown scales, becoming more red in
outer third. There are five transverse geminate paler gray lines, at about equal
distance apart, the outer, before apex, reaches only to middle of wing; where
each touches costa is a paler dot. The terminal line is white, sending dashes of
same color into cilia, over each vein, below apex ; before this white line is a
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. JANUARY. 1907.
4 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA,
darker red shade from apex to anal angle, enlarged at the middle of the wing, it
is continued as a red spot on dorsum before angle, above this in middle of wing
is a clear red spot and a less distinct one above it on costa. Cilia gray, shaded
with ferruginous at apex.
Hind wing: grayish-fuscous, cilia same, divided by a slightly darker line close
to base ; underside the same, but cilia whiter. Underside forewings smoky fus-
cous, reddish at apex.
Three specimens, Pasadena, Cal., April 14, W. G. Dietz ; Ala-
meda Co., Cal., March; Carrael-by-the-Sea, Monterey Co., Cal., A.
H. Vachell.
Evetria burkeana sp. nov.
Expanse, %, 26-28 mm.
Head : with short tuft above eyes and between antennae, face flattened, small,
with thorax whitish-gray, thickly dotted with fuscous-brown ; "griseous." Eyes
jet black, with irregular lines of reddish-brown. Palpi, basal and second joint
with moderate flattened tuft above and below, increasing slightly in width to
end of second joint, same color as head ; third joint obtusely pointed, about half
length of second and not concealed by tufts of second, black, except base, which
is paler. Antennae, basal joint enlarged, whitish, with a streak of black in front;
outer joints shortly ciliated below, pale fuscous, length about one-half. Abdomen
dark fuscous above and below, scales overlapping posterior edge of each segment
pale cinereous; a slight ridge of same color on each side, anal tufts same. Legs
whitish, first and second pairs rather heavily clouded with dark brown on
femora and tibiai. and all tarsi heavily annulate with brown.
Forewing: white, with numerous transverse lines and fasciae of gray-brown.
A broad fascia from costa to dorsum ; with its inner edge on costa at middle and
outer edge at three-quarters; on dorsum, inner edge at two-thirds and outer edge
at angle; the inner edge is much indented below upper vein of cell by a rounded
prominence of white which nearly divides it ; below this, above dorsum is a simi-
lar but less deep indentation ; the outer edge of fascia is nearly straight, but
much broken and indented. Before the fascia, to base, the surface is rather
evenly strigulated with black and white, with the following more prominent
markings ; below middle on dorsum from inner third to inner sixth an irregular
dark blotch, its outer edge with two rounded projections (which are parallel to
corresponding indentation in fascia) ; between this blotch and fascia the color is
more white than black, making an illy-defined whitish fascia before the dark
one and at about equal width; on costa, before dark fascia, are four geminated
white streaks, only the two outer ones (in whitish fascia) are well defined. Api-
cal fifth of wing above ocellic space grayish-brown, with a narrow line continu-
ing down to anal angle, between this and dark fascia is a narrow fascia of white,
strigulated with dark lines from costa to outer margin above angle. The apex is
dark, with a preciiiate paler line; before apex the costa is marked with five
prominent black dots, the outer two of which are on outer white fascia and inner
three on middle dark fascia. Cilia blackish, interrupted by four white dots below
apex and three larger white dots around angle. The blackish lines and fascia
are, of the forewing, all more or less overlaid with gray, giving less the appear-
ance of black and white than of grayish-brown and white.
Hindwing: pale, smoky fuscous, cilia paler, with a darker then a lighter line.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 5
Underside forewhig very dark smoky fuscous above lower median vein,
white below it; costa and cilia dotted evenly with white,
Underside hindwing whitish, costal half shaded and reticulated with fuscous,
cilia same, with fuscous dashes at ends of veins.
Two males, Hoquiam, Washington, bred by Mr. Burke, from
Picea sitchensis, and bearing Division of Forestry recond label
"4009-9^ and 4009-9' Hopk. U. S."
Cotypes U. S. Nat. Mus. and in my collection.
PolychrosiM aruiicana sp. nov.
Expanse 8.5-11 mm.
Head and palpi clay-yellow, latter tinged with brown on outside of tufts and
former with brown behind. Thorax clay-brown, thickly dotted with darker
brown, tuft leaden-black. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft and legs clay-yellow, lat-
ter dusted and anulate with brown.
Forewing: inner third pale grayish-blue, divided by a brown band from costa,
which reaches only to upper edge of cell. Costa within this space marked with
three black spots, edged on both sides with white. The central fascia is narrow-
est on costa at middle, its inner edge goes vertically to dorsal margin, its outer
edge obliquely to anal angle. The flattened oval brown patch in apical fourth
sends two spurs to costa, another from outer edge to termen and which follows
termen to angle, and coalesces with the central fascia at angle. These brown
areas are overlaid with black on upper half of wing, and with three horizontal
black lines in the flattened oval, beyond the end of cell with shining golden
ochreous on lower half. There are four geminate white spots on costa between
middle and apex, from each extends below costa pale metallic-blue streaks, the
inner one extends across the brown fascia to dorsum, but is separated into three
spots by the brown color. The apical and the one before it send oblique streaks
to termen. A line of the same scales borders lower half of termen. Cilia leaden
blue, with two tiny dashes of white on outer ends of the cilia below apex.
Hindwing: dark smoky brown, cilia white outwardly ; underside grayish -brown.
Underside forewing smoky brown, costal spots repeated.
Eiglit specimens, from Prof. C. H. Chittenden, in charge of breed-
ing experiments at the Department of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C, bred from larvse on Aruncus aruncua. Record number 9215.
Cabin John's Bridge, Md., issued May 10 to 21, 1900.
Can be distinguished from any other species in this genus by the
golden yellow patches.
Polychrosis yaracaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 9-10.5 mm.
Palpi and head pale creamy-brown, a shade darker on outside of tufts of former
and collar of latter. Antennse the same color, brown between joints. Thorax
same shade of brown as collar, tufts cinnamon-brown. Abdomen whitish-gray,
ringed with fuscous-brown between each segment, tuft gray, tinged with yellow
and speckled above with brown. Legs white annulate and dusted with brown.
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6 AMKRICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Forewing: a conspicuous black spot rests ou costa between inner tliird and mid-
dle, and as a central fascia continues to fold, but i)ec()nies brown below the middle
of the wing; its inner edge is slightly oblique to middle of wing, then vertical
towards dorsum, but before reaching latter it turns and the outer margin runs
obliquely upward in a spur to the middle of wing ; the brown of this spur is shaded
with black and above the spur is a white semi-circular patch containing on its
lower side a small dot of fuscous. Between base and this dark fascia the ground
color is white, with three, nearly equidistant black lines from costa to middle of
wing; the middle one inwardly outlines a pale brown fascia extending nearly to
dorsum ; the inner fourth of dorsal margin, below the fold, is overlaid with brown
and black scales; and a few scales of the same colors mark the base above. The
white ground color, inside the middle fascia, is heavily overlaid with gray on the
upper half of wing, and a patch of the same on lower half just before fascia; along
the dorsum the white extends beyond the fdscia, nearly to outer fourth rather
heavily overlaid with gray at the outer end. Beyond the dark central fascia is a
large olivaceous brown patch, extending from below costa to anal angle, rounded
on its outer edge and nearly straight in its inner. A line of steely-gray scales sepa-
rate it from a smaller triangular patch of the same color, in dorsum, within anal
angle; the steely-gray line continues to costa at outer fourth, but becomes white
above the middle of wing, where it joins another white line from costa, which
runs obliquely outward to middle of terraen, a similar white streak from costa,
before apex, runs into this at middle of termen. The latter is interrupted by a
streak of black scales below apex, and both of these white lines are outlined witli
gray scales. A similar but shorter white line separates the brown patch from
termen above the angle. In apex is a lunate patch of brown overlaid with black.
Cilia leaden-gray, interrupted below apex and at middle by a whitish dash, and
few scales of whitish at angle.
Hindwing: white, tinged with smoky-brown in apex and before margin. Outer
ends of cilia white, shaded with pale brown within. Underside the same.
Underside forewing fuscous, with eight geminate white spots on costa, cilia
dark leaden-gray.
Five specimens, collected at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Miss Annette F.
Braun, April 29th to May 14th.
This species is nearer to the European P. botrana than any of the
American species I have seen.
Folychrosis ma$;iioIiana sp. nov.
Expanse, % , 11.5 mm. ; 9 ' 1~ ™in-
Head, i)alpi, antennse and thorax cinnamon-brown, thorax streaked with
leaden-l)lack before the tuft, and the outer ends of tuft reddish-brown. Abdo-
men fuscous, anal segment leaden, tuft ochreous. Legs creamy-white, powdered
with blackish-brown.
Forewing: inner half leaden-blue, divided by a narrow transverse line, which
is bluish above and brown below middle. The middle fascia extends from costa
to dorsum, its inner edge nearly straight and vertical; it is narrow to middle,
then broadens outwardly to double the width, and from the widest outward point
curves inwardly to dorsum, where it is less wide than at costa; black above.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 7
brown below middle of wing, and outlined by ochreous-brown scales. Just above
the outer limb of fascia and at about the end of the cell is a conspicuous round
spot of bright ochreous yellow, from the upper edge of which an ochreous streak
goes obliquely towards costa. Above this is a small black quadrate patch on costa
with a streak of blue separating it from the middle fascia. A flattened oval
patch of brown occupies the most of the apical fourth, with a smaller rounded
patch of same color on dorsum before angle; these brown jiatches are outlined
with shining leaden-gray scales. A similar lunate patch occupies the extreme
apex, brown, dotted with black. On the outer fourth of costa are three geminate
ochreous dots. Cilia mottled ochreous-brown, with a dash of leaden below apex
and at middle.
Hind wing: very dark smoky brown, cilia whitish, paler within. Underside
fuscous, with a yellowish streak above cell.
Underside forewing dark smoky brown, with costal dots repeated, cilia brown
with two leaden dashes in ternien, below apex, and leaden above apex and at
angle angle.
Five specimens, bred from larvse in the leaves of swamp magnolia.
Bennings Station, District of Columbia, and Moorestown, N". J.
Pupated August 1-7 ; issued August 10-20.
Nearest to P. liriodendrana, but can be at once separated by the
conspicuous yellow dot at the end of cell, which can be easily seen
without the use of a lens.
Polyclirosis veruoniana sp. nov.
Expanse 9-11 mm.
Head: light brown, pale fawn in front; palpi pale fawn within, dark brown
outside; antenna fuscous; thorax coppery brown, with a middle and two lateral
black stripes, tuft ferruginous; abdomen fuscous; legs whitish, dusted with
brown.
Forewing: pale bluish-gray. A large triangular fascia in middle of wing, the
inner edge nearly a straight vertical line from costa to dorsum, the outer edge
from costa curves outward and upward to end of cell, thence obliquely inward to
dorsum. In the outer fourth is a large brown spot, touching anal angle below,
and the costal edge above. At anal angle between these two is a small triangu-
lar brown spot. All of these three fasciae and spots have horizontal black lines
running through them. Above the outer limb of the fascia and the terminal
spot, the space below costa is covered with ochreous brown scales mottled with
darker brown. The costa is marked with fine line and dashes from base to apex.
In the apex is an ocellated brown spot. The bluish, slightly shining ground color
in this species is in well-defined bands; before the middle a narrow transverse
band, between which and base is another of same width but more obscure. A
narrow band surrounds the large terminal spot, except where the latter touches
middle of termen, this band sends a spur into costa and into dorsal margin. Cilia
blackish above, brown at angle angle, with a bluish xeflection.
Hind wing : dark smoky brown, cilia white outwardly ; underside a shade paler.
Underside forewing smoky fuscous, with eight or nine dull ochreous geminate
spots on costa.
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8 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Twenty-one specimens, all bred from larvfe feeding in the flower
heads and young seeds of Vernonia noveboracensis, Caldwell, N. J. ;
issued August 4th to 10th ; District of Columbia, July 28th to
August 7th ; Dept. Agri., No. 3557, issued May 22d.
Polyehrosis anibro»i»iaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 9-11 mm.
Head : pale fawn in front, darker over eyes and above ; palpi very pale fawn, a
shade darker on outside and apex; antenna brownish fuscous, becoming dark
gray at outer end; thorax mottled, ocbreous brown, black in centre; abdomen
smoky black, anal tuft whitish above, cinereous beneath ; legs very pale fawn,
banded and dusted with fuscous.
Forewing: dull bluish gray, with a transverse brown band from middle of
costa to anal angle, narrow and blackish brown on upper half, widest and lightest
brown on lower half; an oblique line of the bluish ground color crosses this baud
on lower half of wing, cutting off a triangular spot on the dorsal margin. There
is a narrow light brown fascia, mottled with darker brown close to base, and a
finer darker line before this; a large patch of fawn-brown, mottled with darker
brown covers apical part of wing, separated from the brown ocellate apical spot
by a crescent-shape line of bluish-gray. This patch, by a darker brown shades
forms a large lunate spot in middle of wing before termen, which sends a long
spur into' termen at middle, another into anal angle, and in upper end is connec-
ted with the fawn-brown streak along costa. The costal edge is fawn-brown,
with fine lines and dashes of darker brown and black. Cilia blackish-fuscous,
becoming brown at anal angle.
Hind wing: smoky fuscous, cilia whitish.
Underside both wings dark silvery-gray, costa dotted with pale fawn.
Fifteen specimens, bred from larvae feeding in the seeds of Am-
brosia trijidi, from Cincinnati, Ohio, forwarded by Miss Annette
F. Braun, and one specimen bred many years ago from the same
seeds by Miss Mary E. Murtfeldt, at Kirk wood, Mo. Larvae were
full fed and pupating from Aug. 10th to 20th ; moths issued Aug.
20th to Sept. 10th. There is a later brood which hibernate in the
seeds as larvae. I have one flown specimen from Miss Braun, cap-
tured May 14th.
Olethreutes gogana sp. nov.
Expanse 20 mm.
Head : dark fuscous ; palpi dark fuscous, black outwardly, pale ocbreous at base
and underside of head ; antenna dark fuscous; thorax black, patagia and poste-
rior end streaked with reddish-brown ; abdomen light fuscous, with long lateral
tufts, anal tuft cinereous; legs cinereous dusted with black.
Forewing: dusky black, with obscure grayish-white shining fascia and spots.
The most prominent is from inner fourth of costa to inner third of dorsum,
broader on dorsal margin. There are two narrower bands from beyond middle
of costa to dorsum of anal angle. There are three flattened spots under the costa
W. D. KEARFOTT. 9
between the twin fasciae and apex, and a streak from below the middle one to
termen at middle, then to anal angle. In the apex is a large rounded spot of
ochreous, all of the spots in apical third of wing contain ochreous scales; and a
sprinkling of same over the balance of the wing. Cilia shining fuscous, preceded
by an ochreous line.
Hindwing : smoky gray, cilia light gray ; underside same. Underside hindwing
a shade darker, costal spots repeated, and an ochreous preciliate line.
One S specimen, Wellington, B. C, April 4th, collected by G.
W. Taylor.
Olethrentes galaxana sp. nov.
Expanse 21 to 23 mm.
Head: ochreish -brown, mixed with black scales; palpi same shade of brown
outside, paler inside, with a few scales at outer end of tuft, and apical joint
black; antenna shining yellowish-gray; thorax black, thickly speckled with
ochreish-brown, and tips of patagia same color; abdomen blackish-fuscous, pos-
terior edge of each segment pale yellowish-white, anal tuft pale ochreous; legs
fuscous black, thinly ringed and dusted with pale ochreous.
Forewing: pale ochreous-brown or light fawn, with basal patch, middle and
outer fascia black, the dark areas outlined by shining steel-blue metallic scales.
The dark basal area is more or less overlaid with brown scales; it reaches to
inner sixth on costa, is widest above middle of wing, is sharply indented below
middle. The middle dark fascia is, from costa before middle, as a flattened ovate
spot to below cell ; to its inner, lower edge is joined a similar but smaller spot
which completes the fascia to dorsal margin. The outer fascia begins at outer
fourth of costa as a small spot on costa, enlarges immediately below costa, and, as
a large, flattened ovate spot, extends nearly to termen above anal angle and fills
more than half the area beyond cell. Below it, and separated only by the metal-
lic line, is a rounded dark spot on dorsum before anal angle. The costa in the
dark basal area is lightly speckled with brown, between this and middle fascia
with three geminate brown and black dots, in the outer half with four geminate
brown spots, becoming whitish on entering edge of costa. The four lines of
metallic scales in outer half of wing begin at these germinate spots. A narrow
apical area beyond the last metallic line is black, overlaid with brown. Cilia
shining leaden.
Hindwing: Grayish-fuscous; cilia shining, lighter fuscous, with a darker line
near base ; underside, both wings, same as upper side of hindwing. Costal spots
repeated.
Three specimens, Vernon, B. C, April 13th and May 18th, Vic-
toria, B. C.
Olethreiites glilranaua sp. nov.
Expanse 15 to 17 mm.
Head : pale fawn, mixed with black; palpi, pale fawn, shaded with black out-
side, apical joint blackish ; antenna pale fawn ; thorax blackish-fuscous, edged
with pale fawn; abdomen black, each segment posteriorly edged with white;
tuft light ochreous; legs light ochreous, banded and dusted with black.
Forewing: two distinct, narrow creamy-ochreous, clouded with pale brown
fasciae, the inner at inner third and outer at outer third on a ground color of black
rather heavily covered with light reddish-brown scales, the latter thicker in api-
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10 AMERK AN LEFIDOPTERA.
cal thiifl. The inner pale fascia form two geminate spots on costa ; from the
inner a broken line of steel-hlue metallic scales, starting on the inside edge of
fascia, crosses it, and on lower half outlines the outer edge ; from the outer gemi-
nate spot a short line of metallic bounds the outer edge of fascia. There are two
similar geminate spots and metallic lines from outer pale fascia; the inner line
is much broken, but in dots outlines the inner edge of fascia; the outer metallic
line follows outer edge of fascia to middle, then goes nearly to anal angle, but
does not connect with a small group of metallic scales at that point. There are
two geminate costal spots before apex, from the inner a metallic line maigins
termen nearly to anal angle; from the outer a short metallic line defines a darker
apical spot; between these Hues is a streak or narrow fascia of reddish-brown.
There is a blackish preciliate line preceded by an irregular mottled line. The
cilia is shining leaden at apex, cream color below, with dashes of brownish-fus-
cous in middle of wing and outwardly edged with this color below middle.
Hind wing: smoky, dark brown ; cilia cream-white with a fuscous basal line;
underside the same, but somewhat mottled with pale fawn; underside forewing
smoky, dark brown ; costal dots repeated.
Ten specimens, Aweme, Manitoba, June 39th to July 5th, Nor-
man Griddle ; Regina, Assa., July 2d, T. N. Willing; Winnipeg,
Man., A. W. Hanhani.
Olethreiile^ coroiiaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 16 to 19 mm.
Head: pale fawn, mixed with a few black scales on top; palpi pale fawn,
blackish on outer end of tuft and with a black dot above on outside of second and
first joints; antenna whitish-fawn ; thorax fawn in which black is mixed ; ends
of patagia paler fawn ; abdomen blackish-fuscous, posterioily each segment edged
with whitish; anal tuft yellowish-ochreous, darker at base; legs dark cream,
banded and powdered with blackish-brown.
Forewing : pale olivaceous brown or light fawn, mottled with black and crossed
by a number of steely-blue metallic lines. The black scales are closer together
forming a dark fascial shade across wing at middle; inner edge straight, outer
edge rounded ; its width at middle is half the width of wing. A similar but less
distinct dark shade beyond end of cell, starting from the two middle ef the four
geminate costal spots on outer half; its inner edge slightly concave to dorsal
margin, its outer edge sweeping around before termen. The paler fascia between
these is narrower than the outer dark fascia, and is divided at its lower third,
sending a branch to anal angle and one to outer fourth of dorsum, and enclosing
in the fork a triangular darker spot. The metallic irregularly separates these
lighter and darker areas. A short metallic line from costa before apex outlines
a small brown spot. Cilia cream-white with a small spot of fuscous in apex, and
similar dashes at ends of veins 3, 4, and 5.
Hindwing: cream-white, lightly dotted with brownish-fuscous around margin,
and veins 6 and 7 overlaid with same color beyond the cell; cilia whitish with a
darker basal line; underside the same w'ith less brown scales. Underside fore-
wing olivaceous brown, mottled with yellovvish-vvhite before termen and costal
spots repeated in same color.
Three specimens, Aweme, Man., July 9th and 31st, Norman Grid-
dle; Beulah, Man., Aug. 15th, A. J. Dennis.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 11
Olethroiites rosaschreaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 12.5 to 14 mm.
Head: dark rose, tinged with ochreous behind, and the frontal scales tipped
with black; palpi dark rose, ochreous within ; antenna grayish-fnscons ; thorax
dark rose, ochreous in centre ; abdomen silvery-fuscous ; legs cream-white dusted
with dark brown.
Forewing : above fold dark rose, below fold orange-ochreous, except at extreme
base and at outer end, where the ochreous merges into the prevailing rose color.
There is a shining patch of paler rose on upper third of wing between base and
middle ; the upper edge of this merges into ochreous on costa. There is a similar
patch of paler shining rose scales in the ocellic area ; it follows termen from lower
third around angle to outer fifth of dorsum ; its upper edge nearly reaches middle
of wing, and sends a rounded process inward before curving downward and out-
ward to dorsum ; near its upper edge are a few metallic scales. Between this
patch and the ochreous dorsal patch there is a blackish-rose shade along outer
third of fold. On the costa between inner third and apex are five geminate,
very oblique yellowish streaks, the inner is in the light rose shining patch ; from
the streak in middle of wing is a long streak of shining rose paralleling costa and
curving gradually before apex and termen, ending in the latter below middle.
This shining streak is bounded inwardly by a broader .streak of dull rose. Be-
tween the shining streak and apical margin, including upper half of termen, the
interspaces between veins dull ochreous, and the dull rose over the veins is out-
wardly lightly strigulated with whitish-yellow. Before the black preciliate line
is a line of dull rose shaded with black over veins. N^ar the outer end of cell
are two spots of leaden fuscous, the smaller near upper edge and larger near lower
edge of cell. Cilia rose, becoming gray at anal angle and touched with blackish
at end of each vein.
Hindwing: dull, smoky brown; cilia same, but shining, with a darker basal
line; underside, both wings the same.
Six specimens, Florida, from Prof. Fernald's collection. Cotypes
in his and my collection.
The wing coloration of this species is allied to Malachitana Lell.
Olethreiites ocliromediana sp. nov.
Expanse 11.5 to 12 mm.
Head : mixed ochreous and black, paler ochreous in front and base of antenna ;
palpi pale ochreous, two black spots on outside of second joint; apical joint
black; antenna grayish-fuscous; thorax ochreous, patagia and posterior tuft
blackish-fuscous; abdomen grayish-fuscous, anal tuft pale yellow ; legs creamy-
white dusted with dark fuscous.
Forewing: basal area and apical third mottled black, ochreous and shining
blue lines. The middle of the wing is covered by a broad ochreish fascia, com-
mencing as a narrow spot on costa but swelling out below and covering half the
dorsum. Its inner edge begins on costa at inner third, is nearly straight for a
third the width of wing, then curves convexly to dorsum at inner fourth ; the
outer edge begins close beyond the inner edge, curves convexly to dorsum at
outer fourth ; it is dentate, sending out spurs at upper fourth, middle, and lower
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third. Between the fascia and base is an ochreous dostal spot that sends a line to
dorsum, but is interrupted at fold. Beyond the fascia are several ochreous
streaks, the inner connecting with an ochreous and black patch ; the one from
middle of wing sends a curving fascia under costa to anal angle before termen.
On the outer third the ochreous spots merge together in a continuous streak be-
low costa. The dark ground color is almost entirely overlaid or dotted with
metallic blue. There are some black vertical lines from ocellus to above middle
of wing. The ocellus is not clearly defined, consisting of an irregular line of
steely-blue scales defined on each side by these black lines. Cilia pinkish-fuscous.
Hindwing: smoky fuscous, slightly paler at base, cilia whitish; underside
both wings grayish-fuscous; forewing a shade darker with costal spots repeated
on extreme edge.
Three specimens, Hazleton, Pa., June 4th and July 14th, Dr.
Dietz; Hampton, N. H., July 25th, S. Albert Shaw.
Allied to and very much like osmundana Fern., but entirely lacks
the shining whitish bands in the outer half of that species as well as
its well-defined spot on dorsum before anal angle.
Oletlireutes daeckeana sp. nov.
Expanse 17 to 19 mm.
Head: black, mixed with pink scales; palpi pale fawn, black outwardly and
apically; antenna blackish-fuscous; thorax blue-black; patagia mottled, pale
fuscous and piuk ; abdomen fuscous; legs cinereous, dusted and banded with
black.
Forewing: mottled, shining, dull blue-black and pinkish-ochreous. There is
a transverse fascia in middle of wing of velvety-black scales, changing to dull
ochreous at dorsum ; the inner edge is indented four times ; the outer edge gives
off three long spurs about equally separated. A smaller black spot is on fold at
inner fourth ; a disconnected black streak runs from it to base, and above it on
costa is another. There is a lunate black spot before apex and a black line from
anal angle to above middle of wing. The black spots are generally outwardly
outlined with reddish-ochreous. The balance of the ground color is shining
dull-blue, dotted with black and pinkish-ochreous. Before the middle the costa
is marked with six short reddish-ochreous dashes; there are four larger wedge-
shaped streaks of same color on outer half; the two outer join below costa and
send a line paralleling termen to middle of wing ; the outer ends of veins before
termen are outlined with black. Cilia bluish-fuscous with a darker line at base.
Hindwing: coppery-brown; cilia fuscous with darker basal line; underside,
both wings the same; forewing less coppery and more grayish-fuscous.
Ten specimens, bred from larvse boring in the stalks and flowers
of the pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea, at Toms River, N. J.,
and Brown's Mills Junction, N. J., issued July 4th to Aug. 4th, all
collected and bred by Mr. E. Daecke, in whose honor the species is
named.
This species belongs to the group in which are hebesana Walk,
and agilana Clem.
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Oletlireiites Wellington iana sp. nov.
Expanse 18 mm.
Head: fuscous, hoary-white ou top; palpi cinereous, outer joint dark brown,
antenna cinereous; thorax mottled white and fuscous: abdomen yellowish; legs
ashy-white, shaded with dark brown.
Forewing: mottled, white, gray, dark fuscous and black. The darker scales
form a fascia across wing beyond middle; the inner edge from costa at middle
curving slightly inward to middle of wing; thence more or less distinctly to
dorsum ; the outer edge from costa at three-fifths from base, angles outwardly to
middle of cell, then obliquely inward to dorsum before angle. It contains a
whitish shade in outer angle, and is mottled with black above middle, with an
occasional ferruginous scale. Before this is a white fascia, only clearly defined
on upper half; before this is a darker shade, not definite enough to call a fascia,
it contains four black dots in middle of wing, two above and two below fold.
The small basal area is slightly paler. Beyond the principal dark fascia, the
apical fourth is white, with four indistinct large gray costal spots, the inner two
sending a gray shade curving toward termen then to anal angle.
There is a row of seven or eight terminal black dots, the three upper ones the
most distinct. Cilia grayish-fuscous, with a whitish basal line.
Hind wing : cinereous-gray, cilia same ; underside same shade but mottled with
fuscous.
Underside forewing dark cinereous gray, costal spots repeated and line at ter-
minal dots faintly repeated.
Two specimens, Wellington, Br. Col., May 19th, collected by Rev.
George W. Taylor.
Olethreutes s«>paratana sp. nov.
Expanse 12-15 mm.
Head: black; palpi black, fuscous within; antenna fuscous; thorax black,
patagia pale lilac, with a black spot near base, posterior tuft bronzy-black ; thorax,
inner half, cinereous, outer half fuscous; legs grayish-white, banded and dusted
with dark brown.
Forewing: outer two-fifths pale lilaceous-white, with four pale fuscous costal
streaks and a shade of the same color before termen. A small black dot in mid-
dle of wing at end of cell ; and a gray shade at anal angle. The inner three-fifths
of wing is mottled black and gray, with a lilaceous patch from base to inner
fourth on upper half of wing which connects by a few pale scales with a gemi-
nate quadrate spot between dorsum and fold before middle of wing. Cilia pink-
ish-fuscous, paler at angle.
Hindwing: smoky brown, cilia whitish; underside yellowish-gray, mottled
with fuscous
Underside forewing: smoky fuscous, costal dots repeated.
Nine specimens, Essex Co., N. J., June 14th to 15th ; New
Brighton, Pa., June 2d and Aug. 20th, J. A. Merrick ; Washington
Co., Ark., Aug., A. J. Brown ; Cincinnati, Ohio, June 17th, Miss
Braun.
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14 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
This species has been wrongly identified as 0. dimidiana SodofF.
in almost all collections. Dimidiana is a darker species. It has a
spot on costa at inner third, and the blackish area conies much closer
to anal angle. It does not have the pale shade from base and the
pale spot on dorsum before middle. Have never seen a North
American specimen at all like the European dimidiana, and do not
believe it occurs on this continent.
Olethrenfes mana sp. nov.
Expanse 18 mm.
Head : ferruginous and black ; palpi pale cinereous, outer end of tuft and apical
joint blackish ; antenna brownish-fuscous, blackish at base ; thorax brown, poste-
rior tuft black; abdomen fuscous; legs yellowish-white, banded and dusted with
blackish-brown.
Forewing: inner three-fifths yellowish-brown, vertically strigulated with wavy
darker brown and fuscous, which on the costa form darker dots; below the fold
on the inner half is a whitish shade, with a cluster of long blackish scales on the
dorsum before it. The outer two-fifths is creamy-white, with a shade of fine fus-
cous dots before apex, divided by a line of raised shining cream-white scales ;
there is a small patch of leaden scales above middle of wing at end of cell, sur-
rounded by a ring of white raised scales, with a small tuft of the same above and
below, the latter running to anal angle and continued along termen to middle.
There is a leaden spot in middle of wing near end of cell and another below it
on the dorsum, both in the dark area. The dark and whitish areas are rather
sharply defined, the division being straight from outer third of costa to middle
of dorsum. There are four blackish dots on costa in white area, and black scales
are over each vein forming a terminal row, at the apex the black scales are more
frequent, Cilia dirty white, becoming fuscous and black at apex.
Hindwing: smoky brown, cilia white, with a dark basal line; underside
creamy-white, mottled and outward strigulated with brownish fuscous.
Underside forewing: smoky fuscous, dotted with creamy-white along costa and
an preapical line of the same shade.
Two specimens, Black Jack Springs, Texas, Dr. Barnes ; Victo-
ria, Texas, April 10th, E. A. Schwartz.
Should be placed in list between nimbatana Clem, and separatana
Kearf.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and my collection.
Olethreutes rubipnnctana sp. nov.
Expanse 17-22 mm.
Head: light brown on top, black in front and over eyes; palpi light brown
inside, smoky black outside, apical joint black, tipped with light brown ; thorax
centre black, pale fawn at base of tuft, tuft satTron-red. patagia fuscous at base
becoming pale fawn outwardly; abdomen grayish-fuscous, tuft pale ochieous;
legs yellowish-white, banded and dusted with dark brown.
Forewing : the outer third pinkish-white, inner two-thirds mottled with shades
of brown and black. In the middle of wing is a large black patch, its upper edge
W. D. KEARFOTT. 15
touching costa, and lower nearly to middle of wing, about as wide as deep, two
streaks of brown scales divide it in some specimens. There is a shade of dull
slate-blue before and below it, and a few scales of the color on its outer edge be-
neath costa. Between the slate-blue streak and dorsal margin the fascia is con-
tinued of light brown mixed with black. Below the inner half of slate-blue
scales is a pinkish-white patch on dorsum, and above it a light mottled brown
patch to costa, the three forming a paler fascia. Inside of this pale fascia the
basal area is mottled shades of brown, shaded outwardly with black below costa
and below middle. On the dorsum at base is a patch of slate-blue. In the outer
third white area there is a conspicuous spot above dorsum, inside the ocellic area,
of two or three short vertical lines of brown and black, and a more or less dis-
tinct single line running up to middle of wing. There is a broken narrow band
of black and brown scales from costal spot before apex to termeu below middle,
crossed on veins 6 and 7 by bluish lines ; in some specimens the bluish vein lines,
with the black interspaces at their outer ends closely resemble the rim and spokes
of a fifteen degree wheel segment. On the costa, in the whitish area, are four
large saffron spots; the apical spot is black, edged with saffron. Oiling shining
dark blue, dusky at apex, whitish at anal angle, a fine whitish basal line preceded
by black terminal line.
Hindwiug: light coppery-brown, cilia whitish, underside gray, with a coppery
deflection.
Underside forewing: smoky black, with large paler mottlings on costa and
outer end.
Six specimens, Placer Co., Cal., May 1st, Vachell ; Cisco, Cal.,
June 1st, Vachell ; San Luis Obispo, Cal., March, Vachell ; Colo-
rado, No. 2693, Gillette.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and my collection.
01eilireute!!» removaiia sp. uov.
Expanse 17-21 mm.
Head, palpi and antenna grayish-brown ; thorax gray, tips of tuft and patagia
pink; thorax, golden-gray tufts of long scales, on side whitish, anal tuft golden-
brown ; legs cream-white, banded and dusted with dark brown.
Forewing: dark gray, mottled with a darker shade. The color of wing is
nearly a uniform gray, with all marking obsolete, with the eye can be seen a
faintly darker line from middle of costa to anal angle; with a lens there is a
darker shade at inner fourth of costa forming an inner fascia, entirely obsolete
below middle of wing, and along costa slightly darker costal spots separated by a
shade lighter gray. In the middle of wing before termen is a darker shade.
Cilia concolorous.
Hiudwing: light smoky brown, cilia whitish, darker at apex, underside whit-
ish-brown, darker along termen and mottled below costa.
Underside forewing: dark fuscous-gray, with large whitish geminate costal
spots.
Four specimens. New Brighton, Pa., Aug. 21st, F. A. Merrick ;
Algonquin, 111., June 25th, Dr. Nason ; Aweme, Man., Aug. 16th,
Norman Criddle ; Chicago, 111., June, J. H. Reading.
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16 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Olellireutes provaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 22 mm.
Head and thorax yellowish-white, posterior tuft black; palpi light brown;
shaded with black on outside; antennsE light fuscous; abdomen yellowish brown,
legs yellowish-white, dusted with dark brown.
Forewing: white, with an inner and middle dark fascia, the beginning of an
outer fascia and two dark spots on costa between latter and apex.
The fasriaj and spots are white, dotted with black and edged with black. The
inner fascia is very close to base and encloses a small basal patch of white, its
outer edge starts at inner sixth, and is indented in middle of wing, reaching dor-
sum at inner third ; the middle fascia consists of three superimposed spots, the
upper at middle of costa, its lower end pointed and touching the middle one
which is oval and horizontal, the dorsal spot is before anal angles and well de-
fined on inner side only. The outer semi-fascia is in the shape of a large rounded
spot on outer third of costa and reaching to upper third of wing, between it and
dorsum is a small shade of dark scales. The two inner fascia are somewhat over-
cast with yellowish, and the outer spots with olivaceous gray. Between the inner
and middle fasciae the ground color forms a distinctly outlined white fascia, with
a few vertical strigulations of gray. Before the termen is a line of black scales,
not reaching apex and below middle broken into three dots. Cilia grayish fus-
cous, with a darker line at base.
Hindwing: pale brown, darker outwardly, cilia whitish and darker basal line.
Underside yellowish-white mottled at apex.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, mottled with darker, costal spot repeated.
One (? specimen. Wellington, B. C, April, Rev. George W.
Taylor.
Olethrentes deTOtana sp. nov.
Expanse 14 to 15 mm.
Head and palpi fawn-brown; antenna gray, brown at base; thorax reddish-
purple; patagia lilaceous-gray and the same color at base of tuft; abdomen and
legs pale-ochreous, latter faintly dusted with brown.
Forewing: blackish-bronzy -brown, overlaid with metallic-blue on inner half
below costal spots and on dorsum before anal angle. In the middle of dorsum is
a large rounded cream-white spot; the apical fifth of wing is cream-white, in-
dented by a brown shade from apex, opposite the inner end of which is a round
patch of metallic-blue; thus the white is nearly divided into two spots, the
smaller, triangular one on costa before apex and the larger one lying within the
lower half of termen. There is a dot of blue in the latter near its upper edge,
and an oblique streak of blue crosses the dark apical shade from the costal spot
before it. Over the ocellic area are shining white scales. Cilia brown at apex,
white below middle.
Hindwing and underside both wings fuscous-brown.
Three specimens. Hastings, Fla., June 8th, A. T. Brown ; Ch.
Harbor, Fla., March (Hulst collection), Dr. Dietz ; Florida, Prof.
Fern aid.
Cotypes in Prof. Fernald's and my collection.
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Eiicosina panclaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 24 to 28 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax whitish-cinereous, speckled with brownish-fuscous;
apical joint of palpi black; antenna cinereous; abdomen pale cinereous; legs
whitish, dusted with fuscous.
Forewing: dark reddish-brown, heavily overlaid with white-tipped scales;
the whitish color forms a wide fascia from middle of costa to dorsum ; its inner
line angles outwardly to middle of wing, then obliquely inward to inner fourth
of dorsum. The outer line is not clearly defined, but is as a shade from middle
of costa to outer fourth of dorsum. Beyond this and parallel to it is a band of
the darker color, outwardly edged with whitish scales; it curves inward slightly
at end of cell and terminates in anal angle. On the outer third of costa are four
obscure dark costal spots outlined with wliite. The ocellus consists of an irregu-
lar cluster of slightly shining whitish scales. Cilia same as wing, preceded by an
irregular line of white.
Hindwing: light smoky-fuscous; cilia paler and preceded by a darker band.
Underside smoky-fuscous, strigulated with fuscous. Underside forewing smoky-
fuscous, minutely dotted with whitish ; costa dotted with pale-ochreous and dark-
brown spots.
Five specimens. Wilgus, Cochise Co., Ariz., Dr. Barnes ; Kerr-
ville, Texas, Dr. Barnes.
Eucosma nandana sp. nov.
Expanse 26 to 30 mm.
Head: brownish-gray, speckled with whitish; palpi gray-black, speckled with
whitish; antenna light fuscous; abdomen pale cinereous, speckled with light
brown ; anal tuft reddish-brown ; legs whitish, powdered with brownish-fuscous.
Forewing: ochreous-gray ; the tips of many of the scales are white, giving a
powdered appearance over the whole surface ; the ochreous-gray are replaced by
blackish-brown scales in an obscurely defined band from inner third of dorsum
to outer three-fifths of costa. This dark fascia is clearly defined on its outer
edge, and is indented a quarter below costa. In some specimens the dark shade
extends to base; in others it is lost before reaching the inner fourth. On the
outer end of wing a similar darker line starts from near apex, obliquely, to end
of cell in middle of wing, then angles outward, then inward to dorsal margin at
outer fourth. Beyond this are some dark vertical strigulse. The dark lines are
caused by the absence of the white tips to the scales. Cilia brown, thickly dotted
with white.
Hindwing: pale fuscous in "J, , darker fuscous in 9; cilia fuscous, dotted with
darker scales; underside pale cinereous; underside forewing smoky-brown.
Six specimens. Rounthwaite, July, Marmont; Regiua, Sept.,
Willing ; Chicago, 111. ; Iowa, Gillette, Acac. Cat., 142.
Cotype in U. S, Nat. Mus.
Eucosma inandana sp. nov.
Expanse 18-19 mm.
Head, thorax and antenna rusty brown ; palpi cream color, fuscous outwardly ;
abdomen whitish-fuscous, tuft darker ; legs whitish-fuscous, dusted with brown.
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Forewin};: rusty brown, mottled vpitb darker brown on costa, the outer half of
costa obliquely striped with reddish and pink lines, between these are lines of
dull leaden scales, the longest extending from outer fourth of costa to middle of
ternien. The ocellic spot contains two or three short black lines, the vertical side-
bars are dull leaden. Cilia gray, powdered with black.
Hindwing: light fuscous, cilia whitish ; underside the same.
Underside forewing: smoky fuscous, ochreous-brown on costa, mottled with
darker brown.
Four specimens. Montclair, N. J., July 1st, Light Trap ; Wash-
ington, D. C, June, at light, A. Busck ; Plummer's Island, Md,,
July 9th, A. Busck.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Euco^ma laiidana sp. nov.
Expanse 23 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax black, finely speckled with whitish-gray; autennse
fuscous; abdomen whitish-gray; mottled with fuscous; legs whitish, powdered
with gray above and annulated with brownish fuscous on the tarsi.
Forewing: dark gray, evenly speckled all over with whitish. Cilia pale gray,
speckled with whitish internally.
Hindwing: light smoky fuseous, with darker mottliugs around external edge,
cilia whitish ; underside light ochreous-fuscous. mottled along costa with brown
and a few dots of same color along outer margin.
Underside forewing: same as hind wing, but a shade more gray and less ochre
ous, mottled with brown along costa and external margin.
Four specimens. Rouutiiwaite, Manitoba, Can., April 25ili, col-
lected by L. E. Marmont; Aweme, Man., May 18th to June 12lh,
Norman Griddle.
This species is unlike any Tortricid I have ever seen ; its very
distinctive and unique color plan will make it easily recognizable.
Eucosiiia caiiariana sp. nov.
Expanse 28-34 mm.
Head: canary-yellow; palpi pale clay-brown; antennae same as palpi, yellow
at base; thorax canary-yellow, somewhat paler in the middle and the ends of
patagia; abdomen cream color; legs, pale clay-color, with a yellowish tinge.
Forewing: shining silvery-white, with two canary-yellow lines from base to
terraen ; the upper line starts on costa at base, continues in a straight line to ter-
meu, whei'e it curves up and ends at extreme apex ; the second line begins at
the middle of base, continues in a slightly curved line below the fold to anal
angle, at end of cell it sends an oblique spur up to the upper line; at the anal
angle it continues up to the termen for a distance equal to its own width, then
continues up through the cilia almost to the apex. These yellow lines are lightly
dotted with brown on their outer ends. Cilia, except as noted, pale yellowish-
cream. Male costal fold yellow.
Hindwing: pale fuscous, cilia white ; underside whitish.
Underside hindwing: smoky fuscous, cream color along costa.
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Eight specimens. Stockton, Utah, Aug. 1st to 11th, Tom Spal-
ding ; Utah, July, O, C. Poling ; Southwestern Colorado, July 11th
and 14th, W. E. Dietz ; Glenwood Springs, Colo., Aug., W. E.
Dietz.
This species is closely allied to E. cramhitana AVlsra. The lines
of the latter are Indian red ; the upper line ends in a strong fork,
and the spur from lower to upper line is absent.
Rncosma fandana sp. iiov.
Expanse 32 mm.
Head and thorax olivaceous-yellow; palpi and antennte pale clay color; abdo-
men silvery white, anal tuft pale clay; legs white, dusted with pale fuscous.
Forewing: a light olivaceous-yellow, with two silvery-white horizontal lines.
The upper begins on costa at inner fourth and ends in apex, beyond the middle
the costa along this line is edged with yellow. The second starts at base, and
runs in nearly a straight line through middle of wing nearly to termen. at its
outer end it turns upward and points towards apex. At the extreme base the
white color spreads to dorsal margin. Cilia yellowish-cream.
Hind wing: fuscous, cilia white, clouded with fuscous; underside paler fuscous,
white along costa.
Underside forewing: smoky fuscous, yellowish along costa and white below
vein 16.
One specimen. Denver, Colo., Oslar.
Belongs in the same group as crambitana Wlsm. and canariana
Kearf , but whereas in these two species the silvery white is the
predominant color, in this one the reverse is the case.
Eucosiiia spaldingana sp. nov.
Expanse 14-20 mm.
Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen white; anteunae pale fuscous, with a whitish
bloom; legs white, dusted with light brown.
Forewing: silvery-white, with two transverse narrow bands, and patch in api-
cal end pale clay-yellow, rather heavily overlaid with Indian-red scales. The
inner line starts from inner fourth of dorsum, and reaches costa at inner third, it
follows costa to beyond half and again crosses wing, obliquely to dorsum, before
anal angle, where it broadens out and covers the outer third of dorsum. From
middle of wing at end of cell it sends a spur into apex, this broadens below apex
into a large patch covering the upper two-thirds of outer fourth, with a few
scattered scales continuing along termen to anal angle. On the costa, just before
apex, the dark color encloses a small spot of white. The male costal fold is of
the dark color and a small patch of same below it. Cilia white.
Hind wing: silvery-whitish-fuscous; underside the same, cilia white.
Underside forewing : pale clay-yellow, mottled with pale brown.
Fourteen specimens. Stockton, Utah, June 19th to Aug. 11th;
all collected by Tom Spalding.
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20 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Kucosiiia gandana sp. nov.
Expanse, 9 > ^3 mm.
Head and thorax pale yellow; palpi and antennse pale clay-yellow; abdomen
white, with a faint yellowish reflection; legs cream color, dusted with darker
clay-yellow.
Forewing: very pale yellow, without stripes or marks; a shade paler along
costa and in outer fourtli beyond cell. Cilia the same.
Hindwing: white, finely checkered with very light fuscous, cilia white. Under-
side the same.
Underside forewing: yellowish-fuscous.
One 9 . Denver, Colo., Sept. 10th, Oslar.
This species is of the same shape and general appearance as cram-
bitana and cauariana. I would not venture to describe it from one
9 except that it can be easily recognized by its uniform wing col-
oring without marks of any kind.
Kucosma liandana sp. nov.
Expanse 23-30 mm.
Head and thorax pale brown ; antennae pale brown, dusted with darker brown
outwardly; antennae clay-yellow; abdomen and legs pale fuscous, latter dusted
with light brown.
Forewing: clay-yellow, rather heavily overlaid with pale pinkish terra-cotta-
brown. There are no well defined fasciae or spots ; the darker shade forms an
obscure triangular patch, with base resting on dorsal margin between inner and
outer fourths, the point of the triangle reaching top of cell a third from base. On
the outer third are vertical irrorations of sliining clay-yellow. The edge of the
costa is reticulated with the two shades. Cilia clay-yellow, inwardly edged with
a slightly darker line.
Hindwing: pale clay-yellow, the veins overlaid with light terra cotta. Cilia
whitish. Underside the same.
' Underside forewing; clay-yellow, reticulated with pale brown.
Five specimens. Stockton, Utah, July ; collected by Tom Spal-
ding.
This species will go in the group of grandiflavana Wlsm. subfla-
vana Wlsm. and larana Wlsm.
Eucusma kandana sp. nov.
Expanse 18-20 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna and thorax clay-yellow: abdomen whitish-yellow, tuft
darker; legs pale clay-yellow.
Forewing: clay-yellow, reticulated along costa and outer third with very pale
brown. There are several irregular vertical shining streaks of clay-yellow from
costa before apex, two of which reach to anal angle and form the two vertical
bars of an obscure ocellic spot, between and on each side of the bars and also in
the apex are a few tiny dark biown dots. Cilia pale brown, dotted internally
with dark brown.
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Hiiidwing: much darker than forewing, smoky brown, cilia pale brown;
underside the same but a shade lighter.
Underside forewing: sams as upperside of hind wing, with the reticulations re-
peated along the costa.
Six specimens. Stockton, Utah, Aug. 4th to 17th ; collected by
Tom Spalding.
This species belongs with the irroratana Wlsm. and atomosana
Wlsra. group.
£iicosina floridaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 18-22 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax white, with large spots of very pale terra cotta on the
crest of the head, base of antenna, posterior end of thorax and end of patagia ;
antenna whitish-fuscous; abdomen cinereous, anal tuft whitish-ochreous; legs
pale terra cotta, dusted with fuscons.
Forewing: pale terra cotta, darker towards apex, lighter below costa, the ex-
treme costa is a darker shade and profusely marked with white dots, the dots on
the outer half are continued as lines of shining opalescent scales, from the outer
fourth the line runs obliquely to termen below apex ; the line before this, from
costa between half and outer third, is somewhat broken and runs obliquely, par-
alelling the upper line, to vein 7, beyond end of cell, thence follows the vein to
termen. Before the apex is a short vertical line, and dots of the shining whitish
scales occur over the outer third of wing. The ocellic spot is large, whitish-gray,
dotted with darker gray and blackish scales, inwardly the vertical bar of shining
scales is irregular, the outer bar is missing, but a line of four or five dots of
shining scales are in the outer edge of spot. Cilia gray, dotted with blackish.
Hind wing: light smoky fuscous, white above cell. Cilia gray-fuscous. Under-
side both wings smoky fuscous.
Forewing: darker and mottled with pale ochreous along costa.
Seven specimens. Hastings, Fla., Oct. 6th to 15th ; collected by
A. J. Brown.
This species will go in the group with cataclijstiana Walk.
Eucosma raiidana sp. nov.
Expanse 24-28 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax grayish-brown; antenna and abdomen fuscous; legs
whitish powdered with light brown.
Forewing: light ocherous-brown, closely strigulated on costa and outer half of
wing with vertical black lines. Ocellic spot very large, white, with three hori-
zontal rows of five each quadrate spots, overlaying these black spots, on the
inside, in the middle and the outer edge are short vertical bars of raised (curved
over, flattened), leaden, shining scales. There are five short lines of these same
scales from costa between end of male costal fold and apex, each ending in a
white spot on extreme edge of costa, the line before apex is longest and paralell-
ing termen, ends above the bar outlining the ocellic spot. Four smaller dots
before the ocellic spot. Cilia white, atomized with black.
Hindwing: smoky fuscous, cilia whitish ; underside grayish-fuscous.
Underside forewing: dark smoky fuscous, with costal spots repeated in pale
ochreous.
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22 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Eight specimens. Denver, Colo., Clear Creek, Colo., June 16th ;
all collected by E. J. Oslar.
This species is very much like E. circula Hbn., but the size is very
much larger, and the costal and ocellic spots are somewhat differently
arranged.
Eucosma saiidana sp. uov.
Expanse 19-24 mm.
Head : whitish clay-yellow: palpi white, dusted on outside with pale-clay yel-
low; antenna pale gray; thorax whitish in front, clay-yellow in middle and gray
behind; abdomen shining cinereous, tuft clay-yellow ; legs whitish, dusted with
ochreous.
Forewing: ochreous-brown, inner half of costa, above cell, whitish, dotted with
browu ; ocellic spot large, covering almost the entire outer fourth of wing, finely
dotted with black in a large round spot, in the lower half are three horizontal
black lines, crossed by three vertical bars of shining golden scales. From the
outer half of costa are two long lines of shining scales, the inner runs obliquely
outward to end of cell, then vertically downward inside the ocellic spot, but sepa-
rated from latter by a line of ground color; the outer runs obliquely, outlining
the ocellic spot above to ternien below apex. A few metallic dots on interior of
wing. The outer half of costa is marked with small wedge-shaped whitish spots,
separated by the brown ground color. Cilia gray, jiowdered with black dots.
Hind wing: pale gray, cilia whitish ; underside the same.
Underside forewing: ochreous gray.
Three specimens. Volga, S. Dak., W. E. Dietz ; Chimney Gulch,
Golden, Colo., Sept. 3, E. J. Oslar.
Encosma reversana sp. nov.
Expanse 17-19 mm.
Head, thorax, palpi and abdomen white, shaded with pale brown on outer side
of patagia and palpi; antenna white, finely annulated between joints with fus-
cous; legs white, powdered with clay-yellow.
Forewing : white, with grayish-brown spots and semi-fascise ; below the costa
these dark spots and bands all incline inward, that is, nearer the base on their
lower ends and nearer the apex at their upper ends. There is an obscure patch
of dark scales in middle of wing at base; from inner fourth of dorsal margin a
fascia runs obliquely outward above middle of wing, broader at its upper end ; a
band lies obliquely over end of cell, twice as long as wide and not touching either
costal or dorsal margin ; on outer fourth of dorsum a short oblique patch borders
inner side of ocellic spot; from apex is a short streak to middle of wing, broad-
ening out below. The costa is marked with alternate white and brown dashes,
the white dashes on outer half are geminate, and the pair before the apex curve
downward and outward into termeu below apex. Ocellic spot obscure, a few dots
of dark brown, bounded on each side by vertical bars of shining white scales.
Cilia white, dotted with black.
Hind wing: yellowish-gray, cilia white; underside the same.
Underside forewing: smoky gray, costal spots repeated.
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Three specimens. San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Win. Barnes.
This species much resembles E. atomosana Fern., but can readily
be separated, as the direction of the strijies are reversed.
Eucosma briglitonana sp. uov.
Expanse 13-16 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax grayish-brown ; palpi, abdomen and legs fuscous.
Forewing : gray-brown ; a large dark brown spot on dorsum, between inner
fourth and middle, extending to middle of wing, pointed on top, rounded on
sides; a smaller spot of same shape and color on dorsum before angle; from the
middle of costa an irregular narrow fascia goes obliquely to middle of wing at
end of cell, sending a wavy line down to the dorsal spot before angle. Beyond
this is a paler gray brown fascia, beginning on fascia as a germinate spot, broad-
ening below until it involves all of the ocellic space. Beyond it on costa are three
paler geminate streaks. A darker shade in apex. Cilia dark gray.
Hindwing: smoky fuscous, cilia brownish-gray; underside of both wings the
same, with a dark spot in apex of forewing.
Seven specimens. New Brighton, Pa., July 29th to Aug. 10th ;
all collected by F. A. Merrick.
Eucosma tandana sp. nov.
Expanse 20-22 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna and thorax grayish-brown, patagia whitish posteriorly;
abdomen brownish-white; legs yellowish-white.
Forewings: grayish-brown, darker on the male fold, and the trace of a darker
fascia from middle of costa; the costa in the outer half is faiutly strigulated with
brown. These marks are all very faint and inconspicuous. There are two
prominent dark brown spots; one before the middle of wing, resting on dorsum,
its upper end touching fold, it is about as wide as long and slightly rounded on
the sides; in one specimen a streak of brown is continued up above middle of
wing and connecting with the obscure central fascia. The other spot is in the
apical end of the wing ; it rests on costa before apex and extends down nearly to
anal angle, it is nearly straight on its outer edge and convex on its inner edge,
its length is twice as long as its width on costa, there is a narrow line of ground
color between the upper two-thirds of its length and termen. Cilia gray-brown.
Hindwing: smoky brown, cilia paler; underside gray-brown, a shade darker
along costa.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, spotted with dull ochreous along costa and
termen.
Four specimens. Algonquin, 111., July 8th, Dr. Nason ; New
Brighton, Pa., July 18th, F. A. Merrick ; Arlington Heights, 111.,
Aug. 15th, A. McElhose ; Iowa, Ac. Cat. U. S. Nat, Mus., 985,
Gillette.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus,
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24 AMERKJAN LEPIDOPTERA.
KncoMma Tandana sp. nov.
Expanse 12-16 nam.
Head, palpi and thorax wliitish to grayish-brown, apical joint palpi black;
antennte whitish-gray; abdomen fuscous; legs whitish, powdered with brown.
Forewing: dull blackish-brown; obliquely striped with grayish-white along
costa ; the line from outer fourth runs to termen beneath apex, the line from
costa, immediately before apex, follows termen to below middle. The ocellus is
above the anal angle and consists of two broken horizontal lines of gray and
white. Between the middle of wing and dorsum are oblique strigulse of white,
from the inner third to anal angle. Before this strigulation is a reddish-brown
patch. Cilia gray-brown, dotted with pale fuscous. In some specimens these
whitish lines are nearly obsolete, the entire surface of wing being a dull mottled
blackish-brown.
Hind wing : dark smoky fuscous, cilia a shade paler; underside gray fuscous.
Underside forewing: smoky fuscous, fleeted with dull ochreous on costa.
Sixteen specimens. Hastings, Fla., March, April, and Oct. ;
collected by A. J. Brown.
Eiicosnia ^randana sp. nov.
Expanse 17 mm.
Head and palpi ochreous-brown, blackish-brown at outer ends of tuft over
eyes and outer ends of palpi ; antenna blackish-brown, faintly annulated with
ochreous-brown between joints; thorax black-brown ; patagia ochreous-brown;
abdomen blackish-fuscous, whitish beneath ; legs whitish on underside, heavily
powdered with fuscous above.
Forewing: blackish-brown, more or less mottled with gray and ochreous scales ;
beneath fold, in ocellic space and a small spot on costa before apex, grayish-
ochreous. The ocellic spot contains three horizontal black lines, the vertical bars
shining gray-white, the outer is broken. There is a conspicuous dark shade on
fold from base to inner third, and beyond the outer end of it, above the gray-
ochreous dorsal patch are a few white scales. From the costa beyond the male
fold are four pairs of white dashes, becoming silvery metallic below costa; the
inner pair send a broken line to the inner ocellic bar, the second pair send a line,
which connects with a short line from the fourth pair, into the outer ocellic bar.
There are two black dots below the fold, one close to base and the other about
one-sixth from base. Cilia dark gray, dotted with black.
Hindwing: dark smoky brown, paler at base, cilia gray, underside smoky-
brown.
Underside forewing: dark smoky brown ; costal spots repeated.
One % specimen. Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 25th; Miss Annette
F. Braun (No. 164).
Eiicosma xaiidana sp. nov.
Expanse 12-17.5 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna and thorax gray; apical joint, palpi black; abdomen fus-
cous ; legs gray, tarsi powdered with black.
Forewing: pale whitish-gray, with two narrow brown-black fascia; the inner
from inner fifth of costa to inner fourth of dorsum widens out at middle of
W. D. KEARFOTT. 25
wing to three times its width above and narrows below middle to half the widest
part; the outer starts from middle of costa and runs obliquely to dorsum before
anal angle, the upper half is very narrow and convex outwardly, from middle to
above fold it widens four times its width above but contracts slightly before
reaching dorsum. On the ground color between base and first fascia are about
six brown dots above fold and four below; between first and second fasciae are
two brown dots on costa and two below them, and two faint lines on dorsum ; be-
tween second fascia and apex are seven brown dots in costa and one in apex, each
is duplicated below costa ; there is ati irregular row of brown dots on termen and
a short vertical line of same from anal angle, on each side of which are one or
two scattered dots. Cilia pale fuscous, preceded by darker line.
Hind wing: pale gray, cilia same, but shining; underside the same.
Underside forewing: smoky gray, costa faintly dotted with brown.
Nine specimens. Cincinnati, Ohio, March 6th to 26th ; collected
by Miss Annette F. Braun.
Eiicosma yaiidana sp. nov.
Expanse 16-19 mm.
Head and antenna gray ; palpi pale gray ; thorax gray, speckled with brown ;
abdomen grayish-fuscous, anal tuft pale yellow; legs gray,^tarsi annulated with
brown.
Forewing: whitish-gray, lightly strigulated and dotted with fuscous. There is
a semi-fascia from inner fourth of dorsal margin to middle of wing, with a small
round dot above and below the fold. The middle fascia starts from middle of
costa as a narrow brown line to end of cell where it widens out into a small patch
of brown, then continues as a narrow line to outer fourth of dorsal margin. Be'
tween these fascise is a faint line of brown from dorsum to above middle. There
is a small rounded patch of lighter brown in the apex and between it and male
costal fold are four or five darker brown oblique costal lines. Between veins 6
and 7 is a row of four brown dots, with a vertical line of brown below the
inner and outer to the dorsum. A terminal line of brown. Cilia shining gray-
ish-fuscous.
Hind wing: gray, darker at apex, cilia light shining gray above and beneath.
Underside forewing: smoky gray, costal spots repeated, whitish-gray and
brown along termen.
Nine specimens. New Brighton, Pa., March 26th to April 11th ;
collected by F. A. Merrick.
Eucosnia zaiidana sp. nov.
Expanse 14-16 mm. «
Head, antenna, thorax and abdomen dark blackish-gray; palpi light gray,
outer end of tuft and ai)ical joint black ; legs gray, dusted with dark brown.
Forewing: gray, mottled with darker shades of gray and brown. The lower
half of wing between outer third and anal angle is whitish-gray, strigulated with
oblique dark grayish-brown lines. The costa beyond the male costal fold is
marked by six or seven brown-black dots, separated by gray. Beyond the cell
on upper half of wing is a semi-circle of black dots, with the open side below.
Cilia brownish-gray, preceded by a dark terminal line.
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26 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Hind wing: smoky brown, cilia shining gray-brown, underside the same.
Underside forewing: dull smoky brown, with dull ochreous spots ou costa.
Seven specimens. Cincinnati, Ohio, March 26th to May 7th ;
collected by Miss Annette F. Braun.
Eiicosma bobana sp. uov.
Expanse 22-26 mm.
Head: pale clay-yellow; palpi same, dusted with fuscous outwardly, apical
joint fuscous; autenua pale clay-yellow, the segments dusted with brown ; thorax
pale clay-yellow, shaded with bright ochreous-brown in front and at base of
patagia; thorax and legs whitish-gray, the latter dusted with light brown.
Forewing: alternate bands of bright ocherous and dark reddish-brown, these
bands are broken and their direction changed at the middle of the wing, giving
the surface a checkered appearance. The extreme base is narrowly white, fol-
lowed by a wider ochreous band, then by a white band, marked below fold with
an ochreous spot and ou upper vein of cell with a brown spur from the next
outer fascia, the latter begins at inner fifth on costa as a blackish streak, becomes
narrow below costa to middle of wing, then widens to dorsal margin which it
reaches at inner quarter, below the costa it is ochreous and brown, outwardly
edged with dark brown. It is followed by a broader ochreous fascia, interrupted
just above middle by a spur from the succeeding dark fascia. The latter begins
as a rich brown spot on costa to upper vein of cell, where it is cut by a horizon-
tal streak of black and brown scales, the downward continuation of the fascia
starts from outer end of this streak, and is rich brown, having a strong lobe on
its outer edge. Beyond this, above middle of wing, is a large patch of ochre-
ous and white scales, with two brown dots on costa. Beyond it is a subapical
brown and black patch, triangular in shape, with a point touching costa, an inner
spur below the yellow patch before it, and a curved streak along the lower half
of termen, this latter streak becomes yellow shortly before the middle. On the
lower half of outer fourth is a curved ocherous patch, with a small dash of fus-
cous scales at anal angle. The ochreous patches and fascije are all outlined by
white, and the brown patches usually outlined by black or darker brown. Cilia
white, fuscous at apex, and two dashes of fuscous below apex.
Hindwing: pale fuscous, cilia white, underside whitish-gray, powdered with
fuscous below costa.
Underside forewing: smoky fuscous, with costal spots repeated.
Three specimens. Salida, Colo., June 11th ; Southwestern Colo-
rado, July 13th; Harris Co., Texas, July 5th. All from Dr. ^Y.
G. Dietz.
Eiicosina eocana sp. nov.
Expanse 19 mm.
Head : ochreous-brown, darker on sides and collar; palpi dull ochreous, outside
and apex heavily dusted with blackish-gray ; thorax ochreous-brown, crossed by
two narrow lines of whitish, outer ends of patagia and posterior end of thorax
gray and white; antenna dark fuscous; abdomen shining gray, anal tuft clay-
yellow; legs wiiitish, heavily overlaid with speckled gray and brown scales.
Forewing: soft Indian-red, or the tint known as old-rose, crossed by numerous
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vertical lines of shining gray raised scales; at the inner third there is a narrow
transverse line of ochreous, and the ocellic patch is the same color, both edged
with the gray lines. Between apex and first ochreons line are two other gray
lines, somewhat broken ; the extreme base is gray, sending a streak around dor-
sum to inner fourth. Between the ochreous fascia and ochreous ocellic spot is a
broad, partly geminate band of gray. On the outer half of costa at end of each
vein is a spot of gray. From the apex a gray line runs obliquely inward over
vein 7, about half way to end of cell, then angles obliquely downward ending on
ternien over vein 5, and enclosing a terminal patch of bright ochreous. The
male costal fold is dark gray, with three or four whitish spots at the beginning of
the inner gray lines. Cilia gray, cut with white at end of each vein.
Hind wing: smoky brown, cilia pale fuscous; underside gray, mottled with fus-
cous below costa.
Underside forewing: smoky fuscous, whitish on termen, costal spots faintly
repeated.
One % specimen. Tryon, jST. C, May 17th ; collected by W. F.
Fiske.
Eiicosina soiiomana sp. nov.
Expanse 20 nnn.
Head: ])ale fawn; palpi pale fawn within, dark gray, speckled with whitish,
without; outer joint black ; antenna leaden gray, thinly annulated with white;
thorax grayish-fawn, base of patagia reddish-ochreous ; abdomen dark fuscous,
anal tuft black ; legs pale fawn, dusted with blackish fuscous.
Forewing: coppery-red, darker on inner half, shading into coppery-ochreous
at termen. There are two shining leaden-gray transverse fascia, the inner from
inner fourth of costa to inner third of dorsum is composed of two pairs of lines,
the inner edge deeply concave in the middle, and with some irregular lines of
the same color in base, enclosing a round spot of the reddish ground color. The
outer fascia begins on costa beyond middle as two long whitish dashes. Contracts
at top of cell, below which is an irregular ring of darker leaden scales which con-
nect with a whitish line to dorsum at outer fourth, with a spur to anal angle.
The inner of a pair of white dashes on costa, before apex, sends a whiitish shin-
ing line to middle of termen. Between this line and outer fascia the costa is
marked with two white dashes and streaked with gray. Cilia white, with an
outer edging of fuscous, and a dark fuscous basal line, below apex, which is inter-
rupted by a white dash over each vein.
Hind wing: smoky gray, preceded by a darker line, following a paler basal
line. Underside both wings the same, but forewing a shade darker and marked
with white on costa, also white ciliate dashes repeated.
Three S and one 9. Sonoma Co., Cal., May ; Carmel-by-the-
Sea, Monterey Co., Cal., April. All collected by Arthur H. Vachell.
Eiicosnia dodaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 16.5-24 mm.
Head: cinereous; palpi ashy-gray; antenna fuscous; thorax black, speckled
with cinereous ; abdomen dark fuscous, lighter on side and tuft ; legs pale gray,
dotted with fuscous.
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28 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Forewing: light gray, with large spots and fascife of blackish-brown. The
basal area extends in middle of wing to inner fourth, receding to costa and dor-
sum, it is black outwardly, gray towards base; on inner third of costa is a large
black spot and another before anal angle on dorsum, a third one is between these
two in the middle of wing over outer third of cell, the three forming a broken
fascia. On the costa are three large black spots, with a fourth in apex, which
enlarges below, then contracts and follows termen to anal angle. The gray areas
between these dark spots are vertically strigulated with blackish-brown. This
description is from the most intensely marked specimen, in others, the dark
spots are contracted and the gray color predominates, sometimes dividing the
spots, and in others the large dark spots are almost lost. Cilia yellowish-gray,
dusted with fuscous.
Hind wing: dark gray, cilia paler; underside both wings a uniform gray, with
costal spots repeated.
Ten specimens. Southwestern Colorado, July 13th, Dr. W. G.
Dietz ; Colorado, Dyar and Caudell.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Eucosma fofaiia sp. uov.
Expanse 21 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax dark ochreous-gray, heavily dusted with fuscous, and
dotted with black on patagia ; antenna dark fuscous ; abdomen grayish fuscous,
tuft ochreous-fuscous; legs gray, banded with white and powdered with dark
fuscous.
Forewing: whitish-gray, spotted and strigulated with black-brown. There is
an obscure dark fascia from middle of costa obliquely towards anal angle, it is
well defined only in upper third. There are four rather large black dots on costa
beyond it, the fourth being in the apex ; below the second of these dots are two
snperimposed irregular rings, each composed of five or six dark dots; below the
third is another such ring, and below it a line of dots before termen above anal
angle. The basal area is not definitely defined, all of the inner half of wing is
an irregular mass of large and small dots on the whitish-gray ground. Cilia yel-
lowish-gray, preceded by a darker line.
Hind wing: smoky gray, cilia the same, but tips of scales whitish ; underside
yellowish-gray.
Underside forewing: yellowish-gray, dark spots repeated along costa, and rows
of dark dots between the veins beyond the cell.
One S specimen. Berthoud Pass, Colo., Aug. 22d ; collected
by A. J. Snyder.
This species strongly resembles dodana Kearf'., and may prove to
be an extreme variety of it. There is a certain formation of the
markings, however, that leads me to believe it is distinct.
Eucosina hohaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 20-22 mm. ,
Head yellowish-gray; palpi yellowish-gray, with a darker streak on lower,
outer side of tuft; antenna gray, annulated above with paler gray ; thorax gray,
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finely dusted with darker gray ; abdomen fuscous, anal tuft yellow ; legs ciner-
eous, heavily dusted with blackish-fuscous.
Forewing: whitish-gray, rather evenly dusted and dotted all over with black-
ish-brown ; the costa is evenly marked with dark dots, about twelve beyond male
costal fold, the outer ones are the largest ; the dot beyond the middle and one on
outer third are followed below by short lines of dots, opposite them on dorsum,
two strigulae rise almost to middle; between each pair of these the ground color
is rather free from dark dots and appears lighter. There is an obscure shade
from apex to lower end of cell, it widens out in the middle above and below,
there is a similar but smaller shade in the middle of the wing. There is a whit-
ish preciliate line; cilia fuscous, extreme tips whitish.
Hindwing: above and beneath light yellowish-gray, cilia same.
Underside forewing: smoky fuscous, darker spots on costa.
Two specimens. Mt. Piran, Alberta, Aug. 17th ; Dr. Wm.
Barnes.
Encosina kokana sp. nov.
Expanse 20-21 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna and thorax gray, heavily dotted with fuscous; abdomen
fuscous; legs pale clay-yellow, powdered with brown.
Forewing: whitish-gray, shaded with brown on interior of wing from base to
end of cell. On outer half of costa are five flattened streaks of brown, from each
of which is a line of brown below, the two interior join and run outward over
vein 7, from the third and fourth the lines join a third below costa and continue
as one into anal angle, the outer spot, before apex, is rounded, and has no line
from it. Inside the termen is a brown line slightly concave towards its outer
side. Cilia gray, dotted with fuscous-brown.
Hindwing: smoky gray, cilia paler, underside yellowish-gray.
Underside forewing: dark smoky gray, lightly dotted with dull ochreous along
costa.
Two specimens. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 3rd, Miss Annette F.
Braun ; Scranton, Pa., Oct. 8th, A. E. Lister.
The Scranton specimen is much lighter than the description, the
lines in the outer third being obsolete and the brown shade over in-
terior less dark.
Eucosnia lolana sp. nov.
Head : yellowish-brown, lighter over eyes and in front ; palpi yellowish brown,
dark brown on outside; antenna cinereous, finely annulated with black ; thorax
dark brown, yellowish posteriorly and ends of patagia ; abdomen fuscous, paler
at outer ends of joints, tuft yellowish ; legs cinereous, powdered and banded with
dark brown.
Forewing: dark brown or black, heavily overlaid with ochreous-brown scales;
there is a conspicuous white fascia from inner fourth of costa to inner third of
dorsum, it is concave on its inner edge and slightly convex on the outer with a
short spur a third from dorsum. There are three ln>own dots on costa of outer
third of wing, enclosed by a cream-white patch which connects with the cream-
white ocellic spot, forming an outer white fascia. There is a row of black dots
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30 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Oil eaf.li side of tliis outer fasciia, aud a few on the sides of the inner and many
others in the dark ground color between the fascia and in basal area. There is a
short vertical bar of leaden scales through the ocellic spot, and a few scales of
the same color are scattered over the apical fourth. Cilia light fuscous, preceded
by a darker line.
Hiiidwing and underside of both wings very dark smoky brown, cilia pale
fuscous, costal spots repeated.
Two specimens; Colorado, Gillette aud Dyar and Caudell.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Eiicosnia inoinaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 22 mm.
Head and palpi clay-yellow, clouded with smoky black on bases of antennae,
tips of scales on collar, outer end of palpi and a spot of the same on upperside of
second joint of palpi near its base; thorax black, mottled with gray; abdomen
white, at end of each segment fuscous between ; legs white, banded and powdered
with black.
Forewing: white, lightly strigulated with pale fuscous; there is an obscure
pale fuscous fascia at inner fourth, and much broader across wing beyond middle,
its inner edge starts from before middle of costa and goes in a straight line
obliquely to within a third of dorsum where it angles inward and reaches dor-
sum at outer third ; the outer edge starts from outer third of costa and curves
unevenly to anal angle. There is a narrow broken fascia from a quadrate black
spot on costa before apex, which divides in the middle of wing, one limb follow-
ing the termen and the other to anal angle. There is a lunate brown apical spot
extending into the cilia as black scales. The costal edge is white, with numerous
black dashes for its entire length. Cilia below apex leaden-gray, cut with three
or four white dashes.
Hindwing: smoky brown, white above cell, cilia leaden, white outwardly;
underside the same, but a shade paler.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, with costal and ciliate marks repeated.
One % specimen ; Yuma Co., Ariz., desert, April lOtli, received
from J. B. Smith.
Eucosma nonaiiii sp. nov.
Expanse 24 mm.
Head and palpi white, shaded with black over the eyes and on the sides of the
palpi ; antenna pale fuscous; thorax white, heavily dotted with black at base of
patagia ; abdomen fuscous; legs whitish, banded and dusted with black.
Forewing: white, powdered with black and olivaceous scales. A dark shade
runs through middle of wing from base to apex. Between inner third and mid-
dle of dorsum a white line goes obliquely outward to above middle of wing, it is
bounded on the inside by a line of black scales; on each side of it there is a short
line of black in the fold. There is a row of black dots on outer half of dorsum.
The costa is sparsely marked with small black dots and dashes its whole length.
The ocellic spot is obscure, defined on inner side by a short vertical bar of shining
whitish scales. Cilia white, fuscous at apex and several streaks of fuscous and
black scales below apex.
Hindwing: light smoky fuscous, white above cell, cilia whitish ; underside pale
gray, a few black dots below costa and in apex.
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Uiiilerside forewing: smoky fuscous, wliitish on costa, dotted with brown, white
below fold.
One specimei], Pueblo, Colo., H. W. Nash.
Eiicosma popana sp. nov.
Expanse 15-18.5 nun.
Head, palpi and thorax white, dotted with black ; a spot of black on upper side
towards base and outside towards apex of second joint of palpi ; antenna whitish ;
abdomen whitish, anal tuft cinereous ; leg:s pale gray, dusted with brown.
Forewing: white, with fascia and spots of blackish-brown. An oblique fascia
from inner third of dorsum to middle of wing, between it and base several wavy
lines from dorsum to middle. At anal angle a triangular spot with its apex above
middle. An oblique shade below costa to middle, over end of cell ; a spur from
its outer end joins another shade which runs below costal marks and into apex.
Before apex, in outer half, are four triangular costal spots, on inner half of costa
numerous small dots. The dark spots are all of blackish scales tippped with
white; giving them a speckled appearance. Ocellic spot shining cream color,
divided by a narrow brown vertical line, from its upper edge a narrow white line
follows termen to apex. Cilia speckled white and black.
Hindwing: pale fuscous, darker at apex, cilia paler, underside the same.
Underside forewiiig: darker fuscous, whitish on costa, with dark costal marks
repeated.
Twenty-seven specimens; Stockton, Utah, June 1st to Aug. 8th ;
collected by Tom Spalding.
Eucosma rorana sp. nov.
Expanse 15-20 mm.
Head: clay-yellow, a streak of light brown across the middle; palpi clay-yel-
low, a spot of fuscous above on outside of tuft and at end of tuft below, apical
joint fuscous; antenna whitish ; thorax white, mottled with light brown ; abdo-
men fuscous, anal tuft clay-yellow; legs whitish, dusted and banded with black.
Forewing: white, with bands and spots of blackish-brown. The extreme base
is white, strigulated with brown, merging into dark brown at its outer edge,
which is obsolete on costa, extends nearly to inner third at middle in the form of
a rounded spot, and to inner fouith on dorsum as another spot, the two being
separated by a pale shade. There is a well-defined dark fascia from midddle of
costa to dorsum before angle, it is deeply indented, by the intervening white
fascia, on its inner edge a tiiird above dorsum. Beyond it is the ocellic spot which
is a well-defined rectangle of shining cream-white scales, divided by a dark ver-
tical line and two black lines above. Costa before middle is marked with short
dashes of brown and white; beyond middle, with four geminate oblique wnite
lines on brown ground, the inner pair of lines end under the beginning of a
third pair, the second and third pair unite and end under the fourth pair, ("ilia
speckled brown on white.
Hindwing: smoky fuscous, cilia paler, beneath the same but a spade paler.
Underside forewing: darker smoky fuscous, costal marks repeated.
Six specimens ; Stockton, Utah, June 29th to July 3d ; Tom
Spalding.
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32 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Eiicosnia sosana sp. nov.
Expanse 16-19 mm.
Head, antenna and palpi pale clay-yellow, latter dusted with a shade darker
externally; thorax clay-yellow, atomized with pale fuscous; abdomen and legs
clay-yellow, latter handed and dusted with brown.
Forewing: clay-yellow, with basal area, one broad fascia and a shade on upper
third of wing of a light olivaceous fuscous. This darker color is nearly uniform
wherever it occurs, and is composed of olivaceous fuscous scales, with clay-yellow
tips, giving an atomized or powdered appearance. The upper third of wing is of
this darker shade, interrupted on the inner half of costa by five or six clay-yellow
geminate dashes, those close to base are somewhat obscuie, and in the outer half
of costa by four strongly-defined clay-yellow geminate dashes; the dark shade
between these outer dashes are somewhat ochreous below the costa ; the outer
dash of the second pair and inner dash of the third pair join together below costa
and form a V, the lower point is tipped with golden-metallic scales; the outer
dash of the third pair is prolonged beneath the fouith pair, and its lower half is
leaden-metallic. From the middle of the dorsal margin a broad fascia of clay-
yellow, slightly oblique, extends to upper third of wing, it is broader on dorsum
than above, a horizontal line of yellow leaves it near upper end and lies below
the first and second pair of geminate streaks in outer half of costa. The ocellic
spot is large, clay-yellow scales, slightly shining, with in some specimens a hori-
zontal black dash in middle and another near upper edge, two black dots occur
on before the upper end of ocellic spot in other specimens. Cilia fuscous out-
wardly, speckled within.
Hind wing: light brownish-fuscous, cilia whitish fuscous; underside grayish,
shaded with light brownish-fuscous below costa.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, costal spots repeated, yellowish before ter-
men, with very dark terminal line.
Eight specimens ; Stockton, Utah, May 23d to Aug. 2d ; col-
lected by Tom Spalding.
Eucosma totana sp. nov.
Expanse 14-19 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna, thorax, abdomen and legs ashy-white, outside of palpi
shaded with pale fuscous, and dots of the same color on patagia, legs banded and
powdered with pale fuscous.
Forewing: ashy-gray, lightly marked with brown shades, varying from light
brown to blackish-brown. There is a dark shade through middle of wing, angu-
lated at inner third obliquely inward toward dorsum, and forming the outer
edge of basal area, but only defined in the middle of wing; a few dark dots con-
nect this shade along middle of wing with a similar dark shade between end of
cell and termen above middle of wing. The ocellic spot is concolorous, but with
shining scales on sides and two or three black horizontal lines; before this spot
on dorsum, and outlining it internally, is a small triangular dark spot. On the
male costal fold are four or five dark dashes, between the fold and middle, two
or three dark lines, one of which is as long as a third the width of wing ; beyond
the middle are three large dark spots, between each two a slender dark line; an
oblique dark dash is in the apex. There are several dark dots below fold on
internal third. Cilia white, dotted with gray internally and externally.
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Hind wing: pale fuscous, cilia whitish ; underside the same, with a few fuscous
dots in apex.
Underside forewing: darker, brownish-fuscous, with costal spots repeated and
a pale line before the darker terminal line.
Five specimens : Stockton, Utah, July 1st to Sept. 1st, Tom Spal-
ding ; South Utah, July, O. C. Poling.
Eucosma Tovana sp. nov.
Expanse 16-23 mm.
Head : pale clay-yellow, with a few brown scales over eyes and in front; palpi
cream-white, with two brown spots on side of brush above, outward end of brush
more or less tinged with fuscous, apical joint black, with a tiny dot of whitish at
extreme end ; thorax white, with two brownish niottlings across front and mid-
dle; base of patagia dark brown ; abdomen and legs pale yellowish-white, latter
banded and dusted with brown ; antenna white, finely ringed with dark brown.
Forewing: white; the markings are blackish-brown. There is a strigulation
of dark scales in the base succeeded by a narrow while fascia, beyond which is a
wider dark fascia, the outer edge of which starts from inner fourth of costa and
is slightly oblique to fold, it broadens at fold and is then straight to dorsum ; be-
yond it is a white fascia of about equal width, sharply defined inwardly. In the
middle of costa is an oblong dark spot, its lower end reaching to middle of wing,
beyond it, covering end of cell in middle of wing, is a rounded dark spot, below
the latter on dorsal margin is a pair of rounded spots; these spots form a dark
fascia from middle of costa to dorsal margin before the ocellus, but they are sep-
arated by white extensions of the white fascia before them. There is a wavy
narrower dark fascia from costa at outer fifth to middle of termen.
Beyond the base in each of the white and dark fascise are three dark dashes on
costa, and on the outer half are three large dark spots and as many narrow ones,
with a large one in apex. The ocellus is white, with a few shining scales at side
and two black dots on inner edge. The dark fascia and spots are usually out-
lined in blackish-brown, with strigulations of the same color, on a paler brown
ground. Cilia white, preceded by a gray line, and with the gray cutting into
apex and below apex.
Hindwing: pale fuscous, cilia a shade paler; underside the same.
Underside forewing: smoky fuscous, costal spots repeated.
Thirteen specimens: Stockton, Utah, Aug. 2d to Sept. 3d, Tom
Spalding; Bear Creek, Morrison, Colo., E. J. Oslar ; Yuma Co.,
Afiz., desert, March 26th, from J. B. Smith ; Glenwood Springs,
Colo., Aug. 24th, Dr. Barnes; Amarillo, Tex., Aug. 30th, Cockerell.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
This species is close to E. shastana Wlsm. and E. biquadrana
Wlsra.
Eacosma subiuTJcta sp. nov.
Expanse 30 mm.
Head and thorax creamy-white, patagia pure white; palpi creamy-white,
dusted with fuscous externally ; antenna yellowish-white; abdomen light gray,
tuft ochreous-gray ; legs white, dusted with brownish-fuscous.
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34 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTKRA.
Forewing: pure white, this ground color occurs in a broad fascia in middle of
wing from dorsal margin to above middle, it narrows above the middle of wing
and the upper third is overlaid with fuscous strigulations from costa ; there is a
white patch on dorsum at base below fold. There is an obscure fuscous fascia
from inner fourth of costa, curving inward below middle to inner fifth of dor-
sum, it is marked in the middle of wing by a dentate line of black-brown scales.
A fuscous fascia crosses wing from beyond middle of costa to dorsal margin, its
inner edge is obliquely outward to middle of wing, then slightly inward to dor-
sum, it covers the outer third of dorsum. Beyond it on costa is a white patch in
which are three dark brown dots, and a larger one in apex, between each two is
a tiny brown dash. The ocellus is large, covering the area between the dark
fascia and termen, it is mottled white and fuscous, with several small clusters of
black scales on the inner side; above it are two curious characters in black and
brown scales, the outer like the small letter h, and the inner like an inverted L.
The cilia is mottled brown and fuscous.
Hind wing: whitish-brown, darker at apex; cilia white, with an outer and
iuner fuscous line; underside whitish, streaked with fuscous below costa, from
base to apex.
Underside forewing: mottled white and fuscous, principally white below fold,
costal dots repeated, cilia preceded by a white line and white dashes at veins 16
and 4.
Williams, Ariz.
Type in iny collection ; other speciniens iu U. S. Nat. Mus.
These specimens in the National Museum have been incorrectly
identified as E. invicta Wlsm. While their general appearance is
similar, they can easily be separated by the Indian -red head and
palpi of invicta. Have thirteen specimens of the latter.
EMCOsma palousaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 20-24 mm.
Head and thorax very pale ochre. Palpi same internally stained with fuscous
on outsides; tuft on second joint long and loosely scaled, extending beyond apex
below and concealing outer joint, except the extreme tip visible from above;
length beyond head a little more than the thickness of head. Antennae white,
annulated with fuscous. Abdomen whitish, end of anal tuft stained with light
fuscous. Legs pale ochreous.
Forewing: costa very slightly arched; apex shortly rounded ; termen straight
from 7 to 3; male costal fold, less than a quarter, narrow, appressed, scales rough-
ened.
Color: very pale ochreous, with basal and dorsal spots and streaks on costa and
in apical portion of a light brownish-ochreous. On dorsum, one quarter from
base, a narrow fascia arises, continuing obliquely with parallel sides to upper
edge of cell ; the basal area enclosed is ground color, and beyond this semi-fascia
is a broad band of ground color, outwardly defined on lower half by a brown
spot on dorsum before angle, this spot is broadest on dorsum and has a hump
above on its outer half, altogether about one-third of width of wing. The costal
fold is brown, sprinkled with fuscous; the costa beyond fold is evenly marked
with about fifteen light brown spots, the three or four before middle are short
W. D. KEARFOTT. 35
oblique dashes; at the middle the dash continues obliquely to top of cell ; in the
outer third the streaks continue obliquely across the wing, the inner one to the
anal angle, but very often broken ; the second beyond this is enlarged into a
flattened subapieal spot, then continuing as a line into termen above angle ; above
and beyond this the streak before apex crosses to termen below apex. In the
apex is a rather large spot, darker than any of the costal dashes. Ocellic patch
illy defined ; a rather large irregular area of shining ochreish scales, enclosing a
brown spot, in the center of which are two dark brown dots, vertical to each
other. The pale ground color is more or less strigulated with the darker shade
of brown. Cilia ground color, heavily dotted with darker fuscous, with a whiter
streak above middle, above and behind angle.
Hindwing : light smoky fuscous, cilia paler ; underside same but lighter.
Underside forewing : light cinerefms-fuscous, a large dark fuscous apical spot.
Cilia dirty fuscous.
Five specimens ; Pullman, Wash., July 11th, Aug. 10th, and
Sept. 18th. One bearing label " Wash. Exp. Sta. No. 533 ; col-
lected by C. V. Piper; and five specimens, Los Angeles, Cai., Aug.
and Oct., "Through C. V. Riley." These last five are much more
heavily overlaid with dark brown ; they are also larger, the females
expanding 24 mm. and males 20 mm.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Knco!«nia inimaciilana sp. nov.
Expanse, % , 26-28 mm. ; J , 22-27 mm.
Head, palpi, thorax, forewings above, abdomen and legs very light ochreish,
with a pinkish tinge. The pink shade is more intense on outside of palpi, front
surfaces of anterior legs and around eyes. Palpi with rather long scales project-
ing in front of apex below, the point of which is only visible from above and
projecting nearly twice thickness of head beyond it; very moderate crest on head.
Forewing: including cilia pale pinkish-ochraceous. Male costal fold narrow,
appressed, about one-fifth length of wing, rather a darker shade of pink than
balance of wing, with a narrow costal shade of ochreous, this streak extending
almost to apex along extreme edge of costa. No marks, lines or dashes either on
wing or costa.
Hindwing: light ocbreish-fuscous, cilia bleached straw color.
Forewing beneath: shining light yellowish-fuscous, cilia paler and stained with
pink at apex and below middle.
Underside hindwing : same color but a shade paler.
Four specimens: two male and three female; Pullman, Wash.,
Aug. 9th to 24th ; collected by C. V. Piper. One specimen bears
an extra label reading " Wash. Exp. Sta. No. 515."
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
The shape of the wings of this species and the general structural
appearance is like Eucosma crambitana Wlsm., and I would place
it in the list following the group with silver or white bars.
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36 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Eiicosma johiisoiiaua sp. uov.
Expanse 14-15 mm.
Head: with compact tuft between eyes and projecting forward, rounded on
top, scales of moderate length ; color dull ochre, suffused with pink back of and
beneath eyes. Palpi with flattened compressed tuft on top largest about middle
of second joints, thence rounded to outer joint, the tip of which is well exposed ;
color: salmon-pink, outer joint darker and tipped with ochre. Antennse simple
in male and female, grayish-fuscous, suffused with pink, annulations darker.
Thorax and patagia salmon-pink, fading into ochreous posteriorly. Abdomen
and legs pale ochreish, anterior tibia pink in front.
Forewing: costa nearly straight, very slightly and evenly arched, apex rounded,
ternien straight to 3, angle rounded, dorsum straight. Male costal fold little
more than one-third length of ring, narrow, appressed. Pale ochreish, shaded
with salmon-pink along costa, and a well-defined basal patch of this color. The
basal patch of pink is most pronounced on dorsal half of wing and extends to
beyond inner third, it is outwardly defined by a narrow band of very dark
brown and black scales from dorsal margin to middle of wing, slightly oblique
inwardly (i. e. nearer base at middle that at dorsum). A well-defined band of
pink from base to apex on costa and extending down to upper vein of cell and
following line of 7 into apex. A triangular sliade of ochreish-pink is below this
band in outer half; this shade is continued as a narrow line curving above ocellic
spot and enlarging on termen, between apex and ocellic spot, into a smaller tri-
angular spot. Ocellic spot large, rounded, occupying half width of wing; pale
ochreish, crossed by three slightly shining, whitish, vertical lines, the outer
curves inward at the top and there joins the inner. A few blackish scales on the
lower ends of each of these lines, and a few scattered blackish scales above ocellic
spot. Cilia very pale ochreish, with a double line of black scales from below
apex to above anal angle. The costa is not marked with any distinct lines, but
it as well as the whole of the wing is very faintly mottled with scales slightly
darker or slightly lighter than the prevailing shades. In female specimens the
blackish dorsal semi-fascia is broader and there are more separate black scales in
the ocellic patch and above it.
Hindwing: whitish-fuscous, shading into smoky fuscous at apex and termen.
Cilia white, preceded by a dark fuscous, then by a narrow whitish line.
Forewing: beneath fuscous, pink along costa, whitish below cell and 2, cilia
gray.
Hindwing: beneath pale fuscous or light gray, cilia whitish.
Five specimens : one female, Seattle, Wash,, red ink number 27 ;
collected by O. B. Johnson ; one female, Victoria, B. C, Rev. Geo.
W. Taylor; one male and one female, Henry Edwards' collection,
No. 14,720, and bearing small labels "3844 Nevada"; one male,
Henry Edwards' collection, Vancouver Island.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.
Kucosma liopkinsana sp. uov.
Expanse 14.517 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax pale greenish. Head with flattened tuft or crown,
above eyes and smaller tuft above face between base of antennse; a few darker
fuscous scales on top of head. Palpi : tufts flattened, compressed, moderate,
W. D. KEARFOTT. 37
speckled with black, except on inner sides; outer joint half as long as second,
exposed, dark at base. Antennse slightly dentate, whitish-green, annulated with
black. Thorax more of a solid pale green, patagia whitish green. Abdomen
light fuscous, segments darker anteriorly, anal tuft cinereous. Legs light gray
or pale fuscous, marked with blackish-brown on anterior tibia, annulations on
anterior tarsi and a spot of same on posterior tibial tufts.
Forewing: costa slightly and evenly arched, male costal fold nearly half length
of wing, moderate in width. Apex rounded, terraen slightly concave between 3
and 7; dorsum slightly rounded. Color: whitish-gray, overlaid with shades and
lines of pale green, fuscous and black. A median spot of black at base with green
center; an oblique black dash on inner third of dorsum to middle, defining basal
area, above it, obliquely inwardly, a shade of greenish fuscous, not reaching costa ;
a quadrate dark spot on dorsum before angle, this spot is slightly oblique, is out-
lined inwardly and outwardly with black, between these lines it is mottled green,
whitish and gray. Between this spot and inner dorsal dash the ground color
is paler and forms a light fascia on lower half, but not defined above middle.
Costal fold marked with eight inwardly oblique short black dashes. Beyond
fold, costa is marked with four quadrate dark spots, each outlined with black
and greenish between the black lines, the third spot before apex sends an
oblique black line into ternien below apex, and an oblique line of the same color
from inner spot obliquely to dorsal quadrate spot. A preciliate row of five green-
ish spots, each outwardly outlined with black. A cluster of green scales above
dorsum in pale fascia between the two dark dorsal spots and a similar cluster
above ocellic space. The ocellic spot is not defined. An obscure, inwardly-
oblique, blackish shade from costa spot before apex towards quadrate spot on dor-
sum, ending abruptly at vein 7, and separated from the dorsal spot by ground
color. In very strongly marked specimens, no doubt these spots may appear as a
blackish, interrupted fascia. Dorsal margin maiked with seven or eight spots of
fuscous, greenish and black. Cilia long, gray, speckled with fuscous.
Hindwing: cinereous gray, darker at apex and before termen, cilia paler.
Forewing: beneath blackish-fuscous, streaked with gray along costa and ter-
men, cilia gray, with five or six small round dark gray dots.
Underside hindwing: pale shining gray, cilia same. This description is prin-
cipally from the female, in which the black lines and scales are the more pro-
nounced than in the males, the black of the female is more of a dark fuscous, and
there are more of the greenish scales scattered over the ground color. There
seems to be no difference in the position and shape of spots, lines and fascia.
One male, one female : Hoquiam, Wash. ; bred from Picea sitch-
ensis; breeding labels "2119a. Hopk., U. S." and 40,370' Hopk.
U. S. ;" Burke, collector. The food plant label of the first bears an
'? mark. One male, same locality and collector, labelled "July 21,
1904, flying."
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mas.
Tliiodia radiatana Wlsm. and allied species.
The little group of species, including radiatana Wlsm., /onHOsa?ia
G\em., ferruginana Fern., and aspidiscana Hbn. have been hopelessly
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38 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
mixed in every collection I have seen, which is partly accounted for
by reason of the fact that the females are usually so unlike the males
that it has been easier to refer them to another species than to asso-
ciate them together. I have been successful in accumulating very
long series of both sexes of each species, including four new species
which are described below, and the following notes will doubtless be
helpful in arranging them hereafter. For the purpose of compari-
son the males and females are treated under different heads.
T. radiataiist Wlsra. %. — Forewing: whitish-fawn color, with a brown-
uchveish streak from base to termeii below apex, the veins beyond cell outlined
with the same color, ocellus not well developed.
Hiudwing: light fuscous-brown.
T. essexaiiH. Kearf. %. — Forewing: paler than radintHna, more of a
bleached straw color, median brown streak darker, veins beyond cell not dis-
tinctly outlined with brown, ocellic spot well defined and encircled by brown.
Hind wing: gray fuscous.
T. unibrastriana Kearf. %. — Forewing: a shade darker than radiatoin,
median streak obscure, the entire outer third suffused with brown-ochreish, ex-
cept the costal spot area, ocellus not strongly defined.
Hindwing: dark smoky brown.
T. roseoterininana Kearf. % . — Forewing: similar to umbristriana, but a
paler brighter color, median streak nearly or quite obsolete, suffusion in outer
third of a bright burnt-sienna shade, ocellus not distinct.
Hindwing: paler than umbristriana, or the same shade as radiafana.
T. awemeaiia Kearf. %. — Forewing: like a diminutive distinctana, but
darker, median streak broader and to middle of wing only.
Hindwing: light fuscous brown, similar to radiaiana.
T. fVrrnginana Fern. %. — Forewing: reddish-ochreous, paler at base.
This is the smallest in both sexes of the series.
T. f'orinosana Clem. %. — Forewing: inner two-thirds blackish-brown,
outer third ochreous, costal metallic streaks do not connect with ocellus.
Hindwing: dark smoky brown.
T. aspidicana Hbn. %. — Forewing: similar to /orniosana, but less ochre-
ous in outer third, and a strong metallic line from costa to inner metallic bar of
ocellus. I have five European specimens of this species, the name of which has
been so frequently applied to Ameiican specimens, I think erroneously, as I have
never seen an American specimen having all of the characters common to the
European.
T. radiatana Wlsm. 9- — Forewing: brownish-ochreous, with the median
streak of a darker brown, ocellus not distinct.
Hindwing: darker brown.
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T. essexana. Kearf. J- — Forewing: inner third brownish ochreous, outer
third darker brown, ciliate edge gray, ocellus much more distinct than in rudia-
tana.
Hindwiug: reddish-brown, lighter and brighter than radiafana.
T. unibrastriana Kearf. 9-— F^rcwing: lighter ochreous-brown than
either of the above two, cilia ochreous.
Hind wing : as dark as radiatana.
T. rosieoteriiiiiiana Kearf. 9- — Forewing: darker than Mjnftri.s/riana.
Hind wing: darker, cilia more ochreous.
T. aweineana Kearf. 9.— Forewing: very much like % formosana.
Hind wing: darker than any of the preceding, cilia whitish.
T. ferr II gin an a Fern. 9- — Forewing and hindwing: very little different
from its male.
T. aspidiscana Hbn. 9-— Forewing: like the male, hindwing much
darker.
The most common mi-stake in identification has been to name all
of the pale fawn or straw-colored males as radiatana and all of the
reddish females as ferruginana, notwithstanding they are nearly
double the size of the latter ; and sometimes the females of radiatana
have been named as female formosana. Formosana, in its turn, or?
more frequently, the males, are usually named aspidiscana.
Thiodia essexana sp. nov.
%, . — Expanse 20-26 mm.
Head and palpi speckled gray, latter palei' internally ; thorax pale straw, with
brown central and lateral streaks, patagia brown ; antenna light grayish fuscous ;
abdomen fuscous, anal tuft paler; legs ochreous-gray, dusted with brown.
Forewing: bleached straw color, with a brown streak from base near dorsum
to outer margin, it spreads there and circles the ocellus on its outer and lower
edge, terminating in a large spot on dorsum before ocellus; from its outer end a
spur goes up into apex. The ocellus is nearly round, and its pale straw color,
well defined by the brown which surrounds it on all sides, except a small distance
on its inner edge, where it connects with the same shade of the lower third of
wing; the scales on the sides of the ocellic spot are slightly shining, and it is
shaded with slightly darker scales over the veins which are beneath it. The
outer two-fifths of costa contains three light brown dashes, outlined by paler,
somewhat shining straw color lines, running together in a line parallel to costa,
and concave above the ocellic spot. Cilia shining leaden-gray, with an internal
line speckled fuscous and gray.
Hindwing: grayish-fuscous, darker around edges, cilia whitish-fuscous, with
a dark basal line and a darker intermediate line ; underside: ochreous- fuscous,
dashes Below costa and terminal line.
Underside forewing: coppery-fuscous, fawn along costa and gray along termen,
straw color below fold.
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40 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
9 ■ — Expanse 17-22 mm.
Forewiiig: brownish or dark reddish-ochreous, a slightly darker median shade
from base running into the blackish-brown shade, which covers the outer third.
Ocellic spot: of two curved bars of shining leaden scales, shaped as two halves of
a circle but open top and bottom. Costal spots absent, but the boundary lines of
shining leaden present, with a few scales of same color in middle of termen.
Cilia dark brown and shining fuscous, preceded by a line, of gray scales.
Hindwing: reddish- or Indian-brown, with a coppery reflection, darker around
edges, cilia paler, with a darker basal line.
Twelve Z and six 9 specimens, all collected near Caldwell, N. J.
I have also bred this species from larvse living in the main stem of
Aster patens throughout the winter.*
Thiodia umbrastriana sp. nov.
^ . — Expanse 16-18 mm.
Head : pale fawn color, mixed with brown scales, thorax the same, with brown
central and lateral lines, pa tagia paler; palpi gray, whitish internally ; antenna
pale fawn, darker at base ; abdomen shining fuscous, anal tuft fawn ; legs whit-
ish-fawn, dusted with brown.
Forewing: light ochreous, straw color, with a diffused median streak of pale
umber from base to outer third, where it joins the shade of the same color cover-
ing outer third of wing. The ocellus consists of a double bar of leaden scales,
joined below in shape of U. The costal lines are not distinct as in the preceding
species, and a streak of the ground color runs al)ove the dark shade nearly to
apex but towards its outer end becomes brown. Cilia ochreous-fuscous, preceded
by a line of gray and black dots.
Hindwing: smoky fuscous, cilia whitish, preceded by a darker line; underside
shining ochreous-white.
Underside forewing: brownish-ochreous, paler along costa and a darker shade
in upper half of cell.
9 . — Expanse 16-18 mm.
Head: as in male but darker, and containing gray scales;' palpi, thorax and
legs darker.
Forewing: similar to male, but very much darker and more clouded with the
umber color, which is not confined to outer third.
Hindwing: dark coppery smoky brown ; cilia ochreous-brown, preceded by a
darker line.
Eighteen % and five 9 specimens: Aweme, Man., June 9th to
22d, Griddle; Cincinnati, Ohio, May 23d to June 6th, Miss Braun ;
Beaver Co., Pa., F. A. Merrick.
Thiodia roseoterminana sp. nov.
% . — Expanse 17.5-21 mm.
Head : grayish-brown ; palpi gray, whitish internally ; thorax pale fawn, darker
in front and behind, patagia darker at base; antenna grayish-fuscous; abdomen
yellowish-fuscous, tuft paler; legs pale fawn, dusted with darker.
* Recorded in Journal of New York Entomological Society, Vol. XI, Sept.,
1903, p. 159, as T. radiatana owing to a wrong determination.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 41
Forewing: inner two-thirds very pale whitish-fawn, median streak almost
obsolete, outer third of a rosy-coppery hue; a shade of darker fawn below costa in
outer third, in which the costal spots and lines are but faintly observable. The
ocellus is nearly obsolete, a shade of fawn, hardly differing from the color around
it, enclosed on both sides with faintly metallic bars, with a pinkish tinge. Cilia
light pinkish-brown.
Hindwing: light smoky brown, cilia paler, preceded by a darker line; under-
side whitish-ochreous.
Underside forewing: pale ochreous-brown.
9 .—Expanse 16-19 mm.
Head and thorax reddish-brown ; palpi dark gray, whitish internally; antenna
and alidonien reddish-fuscous; legs ochreous, dusted with brown.
Forewing: very like female of nmbrastriana, but of a brighter ochreous-red.
Hindwing: dark smoky brown; cilia ochreous, preceded by a darker line;
underside reddish-ochreous.
Underside forewing: dark smoky ochreous-brown, paler along costa.
Twenty eight $ and twelve $ specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio,
May 19th to 29th, Miss Braun ; New Brighton, Beaver Co., Pa.,
May 18th to June 3d, F. A. Merrick; Wisconsin.
Thiodia aweineana sp. nov.
% . — Expanse 17-19 mm.
Head : pale fawn, with ashy-gray scales in tuft above eyes and front; thorax
pale fawn, with a blackish central and lateral line ; patagia fuscous at base ; palpi
fuscous-gray, paler within; abdomen grayish-fuscous; legs fawn, dusted with
brown.
Forewing: very pale fawn, median streak blackish brown, from base at dorsum
to fold at middle of wing; outer third of wing, surrounding ocellic spot, dark
brown, overlaid with black. Ocellic spot fawn, with metallic side bars, joined
below; costal spots fawn, costal lines shining pale fawn, before apex a metallic
line, becoming leaden below, parallels the termen to middle of wing. A shade
of the dark outer color reaches costa before the costal lines and forms a narrow
darker fascia to anal angle. (Jilia blackish-fuscous, divided by a pale fawn line
and a narrower pale basal line.
Hindwing: light brownish-fuscous, darker at apex ; underside pale gray.
Underside foi-ewing: grayish-brown, lighter on outer half of costa.
9- — Expanse 17-19 mm.
Marked similar to male, but very much darker, not reddish as in the females
of the three preceding species. The outer third is dark ochreous and dark brown,
overlaid with black. The metallic leaden line from before apex joins the outer
bar of ocellus. The light fawn of inner two-thirds is heavily overlaid with
brown. Cilia blackish-fuscous; underside blackish-brown, ochreous-brown along
costa.
Undei'side forewing: same as hindwing.
Eleven S and two $ specimens: Aweme, Man., May 20th to
June 29th, Norman Criddle ; Beulah, Mann., A. J. Dennis.
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42 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Tliiodia aniietteaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 14-16 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax yellowish-fawn ; antenna brown ; abdomen light fus-
cous, legs whitish-yellow, dusted with fuscous.
Forewing: inner half dull yellow. The outer half is occupied by an elaborate
ocellicspot, with metallic lines from costa. The ocellus is circular, filling the
outer fourth of wing, on the lower half are two horizontal rows of square black
spots, with a trace of a third line below, the upper half is brownish-fuscous,
speckled with whitish scales. A silvery-metallic line in the form of a half circle
bounds the upper half, it is interrupted at highest point, where a short metallic
line from costa connects with the innerside; the outerside ends in middle of ter-
men, where it nearly joins a vertical metallic line from apex. There is a vertical
curved line on inner side of lower half of ocellus, and a shorter line on the out-
side, with a short one between the two middle pairs of black dots ; the two former
of these roughly form a complete circle around the ocellus. BeyoTid middle of
costa a metallic line crosses the wing vertically, reaching nearly to dorsum, a
similar but shorter line starts from costa behind the first one, but only reaches
middle of wing; these two lines form the inner boundary of the ocellic ornamen-
tation, between the lines and above the upper metallic circle the color is same as
inner half of wing, hut dotted heavily with gray along the edges. Cilia speck-
led fuscous and gray at base, outwardly shining gray ; underside gil very-gray.
Underside forewing: light coppery-brown, costal spots faintly repeated.
Seven specimens: Cincinnati, Oliio, April 2d to 23d, all collected
by Miss Annette F. Braun, whose name will fittingly lienor this
dainty species. It is closely allied to T. refusana Walk., and closely
resembles Eucosma circulana Hbn.
Thiodia aspliodelana sp. nov.
Expanse 25-30 mm.
Head and palpi brownish-gray; antenna silvery-gray ; thorax gray, finely
speckled with fuscous; abdomen grayish-fuscous, tuft cinereous; legs gray,
banded and dusted with fuscous.
Forewing: light brownish-fuscous, the outer half of the rather long overlap,
ping scales ashy-white, giving the wing a fiosted appearance. The white scales
are not as abundant below the middle of the wing, causing a darker shade which
crosses fold and ends before ocellus. The latter is high up in middle of termen
and consists of two or three short vertical lines of irridescent scales, bounded on
the outside by three black dots. The costal marks are obsolete, but below costa,
above ocellus, are a few irridescent scales, arranged as would be the ends of
oblique costal lines. On the border, below apex, is a short line of shining scales;
terminal line brown ; cilia whitish-fuscous, with a white line at base, followed by
a darker line.
Hingwing: smoky brown, cilia white, with white followed by brown basaj
lines; underside the same, but a shade paler, and whitish along costa; underside
very dark, smoky brown, whitish along costa and termen.
Four specimens : Durango, Colo., June 6th and July 2d, Dr.
Dietz ; South Utah, July, 0. C. Poling; Calgary, Alberta, Head of
W. D. KEARFOTT. 43
Pine Creek, July 2d, F. H. Wolley Dod, through Dr. Fletcher.
This last specimen also bears label "Crambid fide Smith, Dup. of
36 to him Feb. 1900."
Thio<lia baracaiia sp. uov.
Expanse 15-19 mm.
Head: Hjiht brown on sides, wliitish-brown above and in front; palpi former
shade outside, latter shade within ; antenna creamy-white ; thorax light brown,
a spot of white on base of patagia, and a circle of white on posterior end ; abdo-
men yellowish-white; legs yellowish-white, dusted with brown.
Forewing: basal area extending beyond fourth, outer edge vertical, straight,
except one indentation below fold, mottled light brown, darker in outer half and
edged with dark brown. It is followed by a broad white fascia, the inner half of
which reaches costa ; a third below it broadens horizontally, equaling the width
of basal area, thence in a dentate line to dorsal margin. This is followed by a
light brown fascia, well defined on lower two-thirds of wing ; in the upper third
it runs obliquely inward to costa, and on inner edge below costa sends a short
line into the white at its narrowest part; there is a dot of raised black scales on
its inner edge just above fold ; the width of this brown fascia is equal to width of
the white ocellic patch beyond, the latter is large, with straight vertical edges,
and reaches to upper third of wing, it is dull white in the middle and shining
white on the sides, between its upper half and termen is a wedge-shaped brown
streak. The outer half of costa is marked with three brown spots, increasing in
size outwardly and a fourth brown spot in apex, before the first and between each
pair is a broader white spot, divided by a narrow brown oblique line. Between
these costal spots and the upper edges of the brown and white fascise is a hori"
zontal strigulation of gray and lilaceous-metallic lines. Antenna white, speckled
with fuscous and brown on upper half.
Hind wing: light pinkish-gray, cilia white, with a darker basal line; underside
the same.
Underside forewing: light smoky fuscous, costal spots repeated.
Six specimens: Stockton, Utah, Aug. 21st and Sept. 5th, Tom
Spalding; Denver, Colo., Oslar; Colorado, Nos. 2133 and 2147,
Gillette.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Thiodia caracana sp. nov.
Expanse 18-22 mm.
Head and palpi fawn-brown, latter paler within; antenna grayish-fuscous*
thorax fawn-brown, with a patch of white on posterior end ; thorax cinereous
tuft yellowish ; legs whitish, banded and dusted with blackish-brown.
Forewing: brown, mottled with gray and white; two large square white dor-
sal spots, one in middle of wing, reaching to upper third, dentate on inner edge,
an outer spur on fold from outer edge; the outer white spot is a little narrower
than the inner and is in ocellic space, with straight vertical edges, it contains two
or three black dots and a small patch of grayish scales, with a brown centre in
upper part. The brown patch separating these white spots is dotted with white,
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44 AMKRICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
gray and black, especially black along the edges. Before the middle spot the
outer half of the dark basal area is similarly dotted with black. The costa is
marked with fine white lines its extire length, there are six in the basal area,
four over the middle dorsal white spot, beyond these are four pairs of geminate
white lines, becoming shining gray below costa and obliquely extending to the
upper edges of the two outer dark and white dorsal patches, the gray streaks are
on an obscure dark brown ground. The geminate streaks are separated by clear
brown wedge-shaped streaks, the widest separating the outer geminate lines from
a brown lunate apical spot, the latter is separated by the outer end of a costal
line, with a similar brown streak between ocellic spot and termen. Cilia white
at angle, with a fine marginal gray and brown line, which increases above middle
and overspreads the cilia, becoming smoky black at apex.
Hind wing: light shining fuscous, cilia paler; underside the same on lower
half, becoming much darker above.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, with white geminate costal spots.
Five specimens : Denver, Colo., Aug. 3d and 6th, A. J. Oslar ;
Stockton, Utah, June 29th, Tom Spalding; Pueblo, Colo., Aug.,
H. W. Nash.
Tliio<lia daracana sp. nov.
Expanse 16-18 mm.
Head : blackish-brown over eyes, cinereous above and in front ; palpi grayish-
brown ; antenna and thorax fuscous; abdomen fuscous, anal tuft yellowish ; legs
brownish-white, dusted and banded with shades of darker brown.
Forewing: fuscous, heavily overlaid with white, giving a gray appearance. The
white scales are closer together, fornnng an obscure fascia on lower half of wing
beyond middle. The ocellic spot is white, with shining white scales on side,
and two short superimposed horizontal black lines. Between middle and apex
the costa is marked with five pairs of (geminate) lines, the three outer pairs run
togetlier beneath the subapical spot, sending a spur into termen beneath apex,
below the costa these lines are slightly irridescent. The geminate lines are sepa-
rated by darker fuscous-brown spots on costa, and there is a small triangular
patch of the ground color, nearly free from white scale on dorsum below ocellus.
(Jilia gray, speckled with fuscous and with a narrow white outer line.
Hindwing: smoky brown, lighter above dorsal margin; underside grayish-
fuscous, with a purplish reflection.
Underside forewing: fuscous, paler below.
Ten specimens : Placer Co., Cal, April 20th to May 1st, A. H.
Vachell.
Thiodia raracaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 11-14 mm.
Head : cream-white, shaded with light brown on tufts above eyes; palpi cream-
white, with a dot of fuscous at base and one at middle of second joint outside;
antenna cream-white, shaded with fuscous in front; thorax salmon-pink, ochre-
ous in front; abdomen fuscous, anal tuft pink ; legs whitish, banded and dusted
with brown and black.
Forewing: light reddish-ochreous in the brightest specimens to a reddish-fus-
cous in the darkest. The color is darker in the middle of the wing and palest
below costa before middle and at apex. The ocellus is the most conspicuous
marking, it reaches to middle of wing, and is as broad as high, cream-white in
the middle, with vertical side bars shining white, on the dull white are two hori-
W. D. KEARFOTT. 45
zontal black lines, sometimes joined at their outer ends and sometimes broken
into dots, and occasionally with a dot or two below — the beginning of a third
line. The costa is lightly marked with whitish oblique dashes, these beyond
middle, five in number, are geminate, with faint leaden-metallic lines separating
the two parts of each, from the middle one of the five a leaden line runs to simi-
lar shorter streak from spot before apex. The ground color between ocellus and
these costal streaks is more ochraceons than pink. Cilia very pale fawn, becom-
ing brown at apex and with a speckled row of gray at base.
Hindwing: shining grayish-fuscous, cilia the same; underside of both wings
the same, forewing a shade darker.
Sixteen specimens : Montclair and Essex Co., N. J., Aug. 8th to
26th, with net and at light trap; Kentucky (Covington), Aug., A.
Busck ; Washington Co., Ark., July, A. J. Brown ; Hastings, Fla.,
Oct., A. J. Brown. One specimen from U. S. Nat. Mus. labelled
"Salidago, 11/884," and " From Glovers coll. 83."
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
This species has been incorrectly named as Semasia ochreicostana
Wlsm. by Dr. Dyar, in my collection and others.
Froteopleryx laracniia sp. nov.
Expanse 15-17.5 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna and thorax yellowish-gray, latter speckled with fuscous;
abdomen and legs yellowish-gray, latter dusted and banded with dark brown.
Forewing: no male costal fold; shining whitish-gray, somewhat mottled with
blackish-browa. There are two conspicuous blackish-brown characters, one a
streak in middle of wing from base nearly to middle, the other a crescent-shaped
fascia from middle of costa to middle of wing, then turning and running into
apex. The basal streak widens below at about a quarter from base, and beyond
its outer pointed end it sends a more or less obsolete fine line along fold to anal
angle. The lower edge of the crescent mark reaches below middle of wing at
outer third, its upper edge is dusted at the upward turn ; in the gray area en-
closed by the crescent, are four large brown costal spots and four fine brown lines.
The inner third of costa is marked by three oblique brown lines. The dorsal
edged from inner fourth to angle is marked with brown dots. In the darkest
specimens the basal streak connects with the crescent, and the lobe on its lower
side reaches to dorsum ; the outer end of crescent is also enlarged and separated
from the inner portion by a line of ground color. Cilia gray, preceded by two
dark basal lines, a white dash below apex.
Hindwing: silvery -gray, cilia paler, underside the same.
Underside forewing: gray below middle, smoky brown above, costal marks
repeated.
Thirteen specimens : Cincinnati, Ohio, March 27th to April 10th,
Miss Braun ; New Brighton, Pa., March 27th to April 15th, F. A.
Merrick.
This is one of several species in Mr. Merrick's collection, incor-
rectly identified as P. spoliana Clem, by Dr. Dyar.
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46 AMERICAN LEPIBOPTKKA.
Proteopteryx maracana sp. nov.
Expanse 14-16.5 mm.
Head and palpi grayish-fuscous; antenna blackisli ; thorax black, patagia gray-
ish-fuscous; abdomen blackish-fuscous; legs yellowish-white, heavily banded
with blackish.
Forewing: without costal fold in the male, whitish-gray, with a well-defined
basal area, outer fascia and spot in apex of black and brown. The basal patch is
to inner fourth on costa and dorsum, and to inner third below middle of wing,
above the middle the edge is lightly indented and irregular. There is a trans-
verse shade of gray in the middle of the patch, defining a strong dentate dark
process from middle of base. The dark fascia crosses wing between middle and
outer third, its outer edge to anal angle, it is inwardly shaded with gray on upper
fourth, with a black line on costa between the edges, a shade of brown crosses it
at middle. The apical spot is an extension of the large costal spot before apex, it
extends nearly to middle of wing in the shape of flattened triangle, with the long
angle horizontal. Between the dark basal ai-ea and dark fascia is a grayish fas-
cia, marked with two brown dashes on costa and a brownish -fuscous streak run-
ning through its middle to termen, enlarging into a brownish-yellow spot on
lower half. The ocellus is yellowish-gray, containing a few black dots, the inner
vertical bar is shining leaden, broad and large, the outer bar of the. same color
is narrower and shorter. Beyond the dark fascia the costa is marked with three
large geminate grayish-white spots; that before apex sends a few whitish scales
to termen below apex. Cilia gray inwardly, blackish outwardly.
Hindwing: light smoky brown, whitish above cell, cilia pale, with dark basal
line; underside the same.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, costal spots repeated.
Seven specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio, March 26th to April 10th ; all
collected by Miss Annette F. Braun.
Proleopteryx haracaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 14-17 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna and thorax hoary, speckled blackish-brown ; abdomen
shining gray; legs whitish, banded and dusted with blackish.
Forewing: without costal fold in male ; gray, with a smoky black streak from
dorsum at base to apex, obliquely across wing. The inner part of this shade is
the basal patch, which is only defined on lower half of wing, it is continued above
middle by narrow angulated streak to apex. In one very dark specimen the
black shade covers all of the lower two-thirds of wing, before the ocellus, with a
few whitish scales, outwardly defining the basal patch. The costal third is gray,
evenly spotted with blackish-brown, there are seven or eight large dashes and
about as many fine lines. The ocellus is large, atomized white on dark ground,
with four short horizontal short lines superimposed and a few dots of black below,
the side bars are shining. Before the ocellus and in the apex are olivaceous
shades. The apical spot is rounded, of an olivaceous shade, edged with black
above, the black edging turning over and continuing as a black subterminal line
as far as the incission. Cilia fuscous, speckled with black and white.
Hindwing: very light smoky gray, darker around termen, cilia paler, with
darker basal line; underside shining light gray, dotted with fuscous on costa.
Underside forewing: smoky black, costal dots repeated.
Six specimens : Hunter's Range, Pike Co., Pa., May 1st ; collected
bv Alfred E. Lister.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 47
Proleopteryx faracana sp. nov.
Expanse 18-19 mm.
Head and palpi coppery -brown ; antenna gray; thorax bronzy-gray, patagia
streaked with white; abdomen gray, anal tuft light ocbreous; legs whitish,
dusted and banded with bronzy-black.
Forewing: no male costal fold, light bluish-gray, shaded with ochreons below
costa at base. The basal area and other marks are bronzy-black. The basal
area is strongest below middle, where its outer edge touches dorsum at inner
fourth and outer end at inner third in middle of wing. The lower half between
basal patch and ocellus is bronzy-black, crossed by two horizontal whitish-gray
lines, one on the fold and the other half way between fold and dorsum. From
inner fourth of wing a streak of bionzy-black parallels costa one-third below to
before apex. Above this streak is bluish-gray, crossed at inner fourth, middle
and outer third by dark lines from costa, which run into the dark streak below.
Between these the costa is dotted with short dark dashes. The three dark costal
dashes before apex send strigulated' lines, the inner, in connection with the ocel-
lic black dots, as a continuous line to anal angle, the middle one to middle of
dorsum, the outer one curves under apex. The apical spot is black, with brown
center. The ocellic sjiot is large, shining gray on the sides, dirty white in cen-
ter, with a vertical line of black dots. Between the ocellus and termen is a
narrow band of speckled gray and brown, increasing in width above middle and
running into apical spot. Cilia shining leaden.
Hindwing: light grayish-brown, cilia whitish, with darker basal line; under-
side the same, mottled with fuscous along costa.
Underside forewing: smoky gray, whitish on costa and dotted with brown.
Two specimens: Scranton, Pa., April 21st and 22d, A. E. Lister.
This may be a variety of P. spoliana Clem.
Proteoptfrj-x albicapilana sp. nov.
Expanse, California specimens, 20 mm.; Pennsylvania specimen, 17 mm.
Head : with scales long and forming a flattened crest on top and in front, con-
cealing basal joints of autennfe; the scales in front, on the sides of the head,
around the eyes, the patagia and a narrow edging on each side of thorax are
blackish-brown ; from top of head to postcriof end of thorax the scales are pure
white. Palpi scarcely twice length of head, slightly depressed, flattened, lower
edge of tuft in nearly a straight line from base to tip of outer joint, which is
not quite hidden, but is obscured above more than below; scales above in a
well-rounded hump. Color: outwardly dark brown, flecked with dark ciner-
eous; within and above at base white, brown extending over the outer half of
upper and lower edges and slightly encroaching on the paler color. Male
antennae slightly dentate, finely ciliated beneath, female antennas simple, purp-
lish-brown. Abdomen very pale brown or faded straw color, with a band of
whitish scales on each segment. Legs same, annulated with brown. Abdo-
men of eastern specimen much darker, yellowish-fuscous.
Forewing: blackish- or dark purple-brown, excepting a pure white dorsal band
about one-third width of middle of wing. This white band sends up into the
ground color three spurs: first, at its beginning close to but not touching base;
second, at inner third ; and third, at outer third before ocellic spot. The white
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48 AMKKICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
spurs are rather acutely pointed, while the brown depressions between them
are rounded. The white band is continued at anal angle through lower half
of ocellic space and into cilia, which is pure white to the apex, excepting
a dot of brown just below apex and on outer shade of brown in middle of
wing. On the third white spur, just before ocellic space, is a large dot of brown
scales, connected by scattering brown scales, with a similar but less conspicuous
dot on dorsum. In eastern specimens these dark scales form a rather large trian-
gular spot resting on dorsum and entirely interrupting the white band, excepting
at its extreme upper edge. On extreme dorsal edge between this spot and base
are twelve or fourteen rather evenly-spaced brown scales; two or three of the
same are scattered over the upper ends of the first and second spurs. On the
costa, between fold and apex, five or six geminated short dashes, these are almost
obsolete on the western specimens. Costal fold about one-third length of wing,
closely compressed, narrow; concolorous with upper part of wing, and bearing
several geminate pale dots, which in the western specimens are reduced to tiny
specks on extreme costal edge.
The dark color of the wing is more of a blackish-purple than brown, it is strig-
ulated with short, fine, irregular, black, transverse lines, more distinct along
costal and outer margins. Before the cilia a narrow line of more or less connec-
ted dark dots form a continuation of the line of dots on dorsal margin, and before
this dark line on outer margin a narrow shade of the white continues up, nearly
to apex, from the dorsal band.
Hindwing: light pnrplish-fuscous, cilia paler, with a lighter and darker line
at its base ; same beneath.
Underside forewing : purplish-brown, rather shining, costal and ciliate white
spots repeated
Eight specimens : Nevada Co., Cal., Sept. ; Kern Co., Cal., Oct. ;
Placer Co., Cal., Sept. ; New Brighton, Pa., March 22d (F. A.
Merrick).
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
The outer margin is very oblique, at an angle of about forty-five
degrees from the dorsal line. In the California specimens the de-
pression at end of veins 4 and 5 is barely observable, the margin
being almost straight. The depression is more pronounced in the
Pennsylvania specimen ; apex rounded ; costa scarcely arched ;
forewing three times as long as wide.
It is not impossible that fuller knowledge of the life histories of
the western and eastern forms may prove them to be separate and
distinct, in which case I would propose the name pe)insylvaniana for
the latter.
Proteoteras arizonte sp. nov.
Expanse 18-20 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna and thorax cinereous-white ; outer surface of palpi speck-
led with black, thorax speckled with fuscous, and posteriorly edged with black ;
abdomen whitish, shaded with light fuscous above; legs whitish, banded and
dusted with blackish-brown.
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Forewing: yellowish-white or dirty white, more or less mottled with brown-
ish-black. The dark color forms a fascia from middle of costa to anal angle, be-
ginning at costa as an extra wide oblique costal line to upper third, below this it
widens and is darker, and from its upper outer edge sends a spur into apex ; the
latter just before reaching apex sends a line down to below middle of ternien.
The oblique fascia is divided into three spots, as below the middle it is interrup-
ted by a roundish spot of whitish scales. The basal area is not distinctly defined,
but that part of the wing is more strigulated with black than the space between
it and the fascia. The costa, before the fascia, is lightly marked with black, be-
yond the fascia with four brownish-black spots, the outer one close to the apex.
The ocellic spot is large, of silvery-white scales on sides, with a spot of dull white
scales, containing grayish and bi'own dots in the center, it occupies all of the
the space between and below the fascia and streaks from same. Cilia white, pre-
ceded by a geminate submarginal line on lower half, shaded with fuscous at lower
third and below apex, becoming blackish-brown at apex.
%. — Hindwing: black, cilia white, silvery-white below costa and yellowish
hair pencil.
Underside both wings: yellowish-white, the costa of forewing and the outer
half of both wings, except at termen, entirely overlaid with black scales. The
upper side of hindwing and lower side of both wings of the females are grayish-
fuscous.
Five males and two females : Prescott, Ariz., July 5th aud 18th,
Dr. Kunze ; Oak Creek Canon, Ariz., 6000 ft. elevation, Aug., Prof.
F. H. Snow ; Pueblo, Colo., July, F, H. Nash ; Cold Spring, Colo.,
Dr. Dietz; Fort Collins, Colo., June 24th, Gillette; Denver, Colo.,
Dyar and Caudell, No. 16,736.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and University of Kansas.
Proteoteras crescentana sp. nov.
Expanse 16-18 mm.
Head, palpi, thorax and base of antenna very light brownish-white; outer side
of palpi shaded with black and apical joint the same color, base of patagia shaded
with brown ; abdomen grayish-fuscous, lateral tuft white; legs whitish, dusted
and banded with black.
Forewing: light gray, with a very strong, well defined black crescent from
middle of costa to apex, it is broadest between costa and the lower side of the
curve, which is below middle of wing, from there to apex it tapers gradually
ending in apex as a narrow line. The black basal area is well defined above the
middle of wing, its outer edge starting from inner fifth and running to inner
third at middle ; below this, it is indistinctly angled inward to dorsum. On the
upper half of wing, between basal and crescent dark patches, is a fascia of whit-
ish scales, which follows the underside of orescent above fold, nearly into ocellic
spot; it is strigulated by a line of dark fuscous scales. Beneath fold from base to
angle is a streak of brownish-ochreous, and the semi-circular patch of ground
color on outer half of costa, enclosed by crescent, is of the same color. The ocellic
spot is large, of gray and white scales, the inner and outer edges are leaden-me-
tallic. Between the outer edge of ocellus and apex and before the inner side of
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50 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTEKA.
ocellna are small patches of hrowTi, the latter being a continuation of the dorsal
brown streak. Cilia gray, sjieckled with fuscous.
Hindwing: light brown, the hair pencil-fold edged with black; underside the
same.
Underside forewing: grayish-fuscous, creamy-white below fold.
The hindwing and underside of both wings are the same in male and female
specimens.
Seven specimens: Iowa, Gillette, Ac. Cat., Nos. 36 and 46;
West Manitoba ; Kansas ; Cincinnati, Ohio, June 17th, Miss Braun ;
Pluminer's Island, Md., June, A. Busck ; Elk Grove, 111., June
2oth, K. L. McElhose.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mas. and Miss Braun's collection.
Prateoteras torontana sp. uov.
Expanse 20 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax light brown ; outer joint of palpi darker brown ; an-
tenna gray; legs whitish-cinereous, dusted with brown.
Forewing: yellowish-gray, dusted with brown. A brown crescent-shaped
streak from middle of costa to apex, enclosing a costal patch of pure white, the
costa in this patch dotted with three large and five small brown dots. The brown
crescent streak is broadest on costa, narrower on lower curve, and at the apex it
broadens, involving all the space above the indentation of termen. The inner
half of Gosta, before the crescent, is bordered also with pure white, in wliich there
are about six brown dots on extreme edge, and a line of three or four below on
upper edges of cell. Cilia brown at apex, white below.
Hindwing: cinereous, speckled with brown, narrowly shaded with dark brown
at outer edge and base of cilia, outer ends of cilia whitish, light whitish-brown,
with a pure white spot in apex, cut by a narrow submarginal daik brown line.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, dark brown at apex and narrowly at ter-
men, white costal patches and brown costal dots repeated.
One specimen : Toronto, Ont,, June 5th ; collected by Arthur
Gibson ; received from Dr. Fletcher,
Proteoleras naracana sp. nov.
Esjianse 16-20 mm.
Head : brown, lighter in front; face white; palpi white, shaded with black on
outside and upper edge; antenna light brown, basal joint brown, with a white
spot on posterior side; thorax white, with a pair of joined olivaceous spots on
front and a patch of same color on posterior end, patagia white, with yellow and
brown scales at base and near outer end; abdomen fuscous, lateral tufts on anal
segment white, anal tuft fuscous; legs yellowish-white, banded and dusted with
blackish-brown.
Forewing: a white streak from base to outer fifth on upper part of wing; its
lower edge runs from middle of base, slightly above fold and parallel to it,
nearly to middle of wing, then goes obliquely upward to costa at outer fifth, it is
indented by a semi-circular depression at the beginning of the upward angle be-
yond which its lower edge is overlaid with gray, and is bounded by a horizontal
W. D. KEAKFOTT. 51
elongated S-shaped black mark that lies between it and the ocellus. The ex-
treme costa is olivaceous-green, with a large green spot at inuer third and mid-
dle, with smaller ones before, between and beyond. The lower part of wing is
mottled olivaceous-green and brown. There is a cluster of long whitish scales
on dorsum at base, above which is a spot of whitish and fuscous-brown raised
scales, before this tuft are three black dots in a triangle; before fold is another
round button of raised scales and a third tuft above fold on outer fourth. The
ocellic spot is grayish-white, with shining white side bars. From costa, beyond
white patch, is a whitish spot, which sends a leaden-metallic streak under apex.
Between this and apex is another white spot on costa on an ochreous-brown
ground. Cilia speckled black and gray at base, fuscous outwardly.
Hindwing: smoky brown, male hair pencil black, cilia gray, with dark basal
line, underside paler.
Underside forewing: same as upperside hindwing, with costal spots repeated.
Ten specimens : New Brighton, Pa., May 31st to June 19th,
F. A. Merrick ; Cincinnati, Ohio, May 26th to June 4th, Miss
Braun ; Wisconsin, Otto Buchholz.
Epinotis septemberana sp. nov.
Expanse 16-19 mm.
Head : ferruginous on sides and front, giayish on top; palpi ferruginous, dark
gray within; thorax ferruginous, gray, base of patagia dark ferruginous; an-
tenna grayish beneath, ferruginous above; abdomen and legs yellowish-gray,
latter banded and dusted with dark brown.
Forewing: gray on dorsal thii'd, above purple-lake, the latter color paler at
base and along edge of costa. The gray shade is finely atomized with blackish-
fuscous and extends from base to termen a quaiter above anal angle ; from base
to inner fifth there are only scattered gray scales on dorsal margin, at inner fifth
it swells to middle of wing, at inner third it narrows obliquely along line of fold
to outer fourth where it swells again, but less than before and rounds off into
termen. The purple-lake ground color, in the indentation between the two gray
elevations, is darker than elsewhere. There are a few scattered scales of gray in
ground color above the second elevation. A fine, diminishing line of gray at ter-
men from the anal angle to apex. Cilia purple-lake above middle, fuscous below
and whitish opposite the gray color at angle.
Hindwing: smoky gray, cilia paler, with a darker basal line; underside the
same.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, marked with cream color on costa and a
reflection of purple-lake below.
Twenty specimens : nineteen taken in Essex County Park, N. J.,
the last week of September for a number of years; one from Scran
ton. Pa., September, A. E. Lister.
Epinotia haimbachiana sp. nov.
Expanse 13-17 mm.
Head: brownish-gray, darker back of eyes; eyes purplish-brown ; palpi gray,
slightly darker outwardly, apical joint white; antenna gray ; thorax gray, an te-
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52 AMKKICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
rior edjje speckled with brown, and a double brown dot behind middle; abdomen,
first three segments and tuft pale ochieoiis, other segments fuscous; legs whitish,
banded with blackish-brown.
Forewing: ashy-gray, with lines, spots and shades of brown. The basal area
extends to inner third at middle of wing and to inner fourth of costa and dor-
sum, outwardly it is blackish-brown, especially intense below middle and on dor-
sum for the outer half of the ai'ea ; above and before the intense brown color the
balance of the area is gray, strigulated with brown. Beyond is a broad grayish-
white fascia, outwardly defined by a narrow, nearly obsolete brown shade from
middle of costa to anal angle, outwardly oblique to upper third, then inwardly
oblique to lower third, thence concave to dorsum, where its inner edge ends in a
small brown dot. The whitish middle fascia is more or less dotted with brown,
and a faint line of same color parallels its inner border. Beyond the narrow
dark fascia a broader streak of shining gray scales starts below costa at outer
fourth, goes to anal angle, circles the ocellus beneath to termeu. The ocellus is
in the middle of the wing of fine whitish lines on dark brown ground, with six
or eight black dots and horizontal dashes; there are several fine short black lines
in the shining gray streak below the ocellus and a third below costa. The costa
is whitish-gray, finely and regularly marked with short brown lines, with four
larger spots in outer half, the inner of which sends a brown stieak obliquely to
middle of wing, the next one sends a brown streak to termen beneath apex, with
ft spur between termen and ocellus. There is a brown-black semi-circle in apex,
the outer half on the cilia, through the middle of it runs a dark brown terminal
line, this line in the middle of wing is nearly obsolete, with a white line beyond
it, it continues as a brown line around anal angle. Cilia fuscous, brown out-
wardly at apex, and white inwardly in middle.
Hindwing: light bronzy-brown, paler at base, underside gray.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, with geminated whitish costal spots. Some
f)f the female specimens are dotted with light reddish ochreous, on upper part of
middle light fascia, and the two lower ends of the costal streaks on outer half
are the same color.
Twenty-five specimens: Philadelphia, June 8d to 23d, Frank
Hainibach ; Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 14th, Miss Braun ; Wisconsin,
Dr. Nasou ; Riverton, N. J., E. Daecke. One specimen from U. S.
National Museum bearing labels " Stegauoptycha near Saliciana
Clem., and approximating pauperana (Europe) but apparently dis-
tinct from both C. V. R. 1886 " (Wlsm.), and a smaller label refer-
ring to the slight cocoon and pupa case " found on ground Augt. 4
iss. Augt. 7, 1877."
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus.
This species is close to my E. ilicifoliana, bred from ilex in New
Jersey and North Carolina. It is a generally larger and lighter
species, and can be separated by the absence of the oblique
brown line from end of cell to apex, which is always present in
ilicifoliana.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 53
Mr. Haimbach, in wliose honor the species is named, has collected
scores of specimens in the daytime resting on the fence of a summer
garden at the corner of Allegheny Avenue and Broad Street. The
garden is filled with many varieties of shrubs and trees, and a care-
ful examination early in May would certainly disclose the larvae
twisting the young leaves of a plant allied to ilex.
The generic notes regarding ilieifoliana will also apply to this
species. They are both allied to Clemens saliciana and salicicolana.
Epiiiotia pliiinbolineana sp. nov.
Expanse 13.5-16 mm.
Head, antennje and palpi dark cream or very pale brown. Scales on head
erect above and between eyes, flattened on face. Palpi second joint with flat-
tened truncated tuft, scales rather closely appressed, end of third joint not hid-
den. Palpi rather depressed and not quite the length of head beyond it. Scales
forming collar, tipped with reddish wine color. Thorax same as head, smooth.
Abdomen alternately banded with cinereous and fuscous, the lighter color, the
tips of scales of each segment, anal tuft cinereous. Legs same as head, but in
front and tarsi stained with wine color.
Forewing: grayish- white, tinged with cinereous ground color. A conspicuous
wide-red fascia from middle of costa to anal angle, broadest on costa and as wide
there as one-third to one-half of width of wing, gradually tapering to an obtuse
point at anal angle. The inner edge of this fascia curves evenly and obliquely
outward, the outer edge is sinuate, slightly concave above and convex below the
middle, the outer edge is outlined by a slender line of white lustrous scales from
costa nearly to anal angle, turning inward above and defining the obtuse lower
point of this fascia. Beyond this fascia the entire outer margin is clouded with
this same color, but a shade paler, roughly in the form of a triangle with the
base resting against the cilia, the other two sides coming to a point just beyond
end of cell. Above this triangle the costa from fascia to apex is ground color.
On the extreme apex are a few blackish scales, and in some of the darker speci-
mens a few of these scales are scattered over fascia and triangle. There are no
distinctly defined subapical costal spots, but four or five short streaks of more
lustrous white can be observed in some specimens. A basal area is only well de-
fined in some of the darker specimens, in these it covers the inner third of wing,
angulated on cell and of a light shade of brown. In the majority of specimens
this light brown basal color shades into the ground color, without very distinct
line of demarcation. A few dark dots mark this area in some specimens, usually
paralleling the fascia. The central fascia is narrowly edged with a whiter shade
than the ground color. The male costa is slightly curled up from base to outer
edge of fascia, and in the hollow thus formed is a narrow line of dark leaden
scales, doubtless a secondary sexual character, this liue begins just beyond base
and ends in middle of fascia. Cilia lustrous pink.
Hindwing: dark gray, cilia paler, preceded by a darker, then a paler liue.
Uuderside forewing: dark smoky fuscous, with cinereous line along costa from
outer three-fifths to just before apex. Cilia stained with dull pink, preceded by
a darker then a paler line.
Underside hindwing: same as above.
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54 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Twenty five .speeirneiis: one, No. 33, Seattle, Wash., O. B. John-
son ; two, Seattle, Wash., v 27, 1902, T. Kincaid, blue label 179,
and white labels " willow," whether caught on willow or bred from
larvte on willow not stated ; twenty-two, Wellington, Br. Col., June,
Rev. Geo. W. Taylor, and Th. Bryant.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Oydia cupressana sp. nov.
Expanse 14-16 mm.
Head : dark greenish-brown, scales tipped with cinereous on tlie face the latter
predominates, making face lighter, scales of head form semi-circular tuft above
eyes, meeting above as a slight crest. Palpi very short, tip of outer joint scarcely
projected beyond face, scales of second joint rather closely compressed, tuft small,
colored same as face, outer joint black, bare, short, blunt. Thorax smooth, shin-
ing fuscous, patagia same, but scales shading into whitish at outer ends, neither
irrorated with lighter specks like head. Abdomen and legs above shining fus-
cous, paler below, anal tuft tinged with ochreous.
Forewing: dark chocolate-brown, very finely irrorated with transverse lines,
pale yellowish-green scales beyond basal area and crossed by five rather broad
metallic lines, of a silvery-salmon hue; only the first pair of lines in middle of
wing are continuous from costa to dorsal margin, the third ends just before
reaching dorsal margin, the fifth is but little more than a costal streak ending at
vein 8, the outer line before the outer margin is divided in three parts by two
evenly spaced interruptions. A small metallic dot below costa between fifth line
and apex. On the extreme costa the metallic scales are replaced by yellowish-
green. The metallic lines are partly bound by black, notably: before the first,
beyond the upper third of the streak, which black streak follows along costa to
third line and down its inner side to top of cell ; the lower half of this third line
is defined on its inner edge by black, the black line at its upper end turns out-
wards, at right angle, cutting through the metallic line, and continues to the
inner edge of the fifth metallic line, which it defines for the length of its middle
section ; in some specimens the horizontal black line is not continuous, and the
line before the fifth metallic is also broken into two to four short horizontal
dashes. Black also outwardly defines the fourth short line. The basal area is
ground color, slightly shining, lightly and sparsely dusted with yellow-green
atoms, it occupies nearly a third of the wing on dorsal margin, a quarter on costa,
its outer margin oblique for two-thirds of its length, then vertical to dorsum.
The metallic lines are nearly parallel to each other, the space between first and
second is widest, the ground color between these two lines is also more heavily
overlaid, with the pale atoms, the same is the case between third and fourth, and
between fifth and apex ; making an effect of three paler fasciae, separated by two
narrower darker fascise. Cilia luteous-metallic, preceded by a narrow brown-
black line, the latter interrupted a third below apex by a small square yellowish-
green spot.
Hindwing: deep smoky brown, cilia white, preceded by a brown line, and this
by a faint narrow pale line ; long hairs near base on veins 1 and lower median
vein white.
Underside both wings: dull brown ; underside forewing: costa marked with
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pale yellow beneath the metallic lines above, the small pale spot on outer margin
is also repeated, cilia shining brown. The cilia of hindwing is same as above,
the tips of scales below outer half of costa and in apex are pale yellowish-green,
giving the outer half of wing an irrorated appearance.
Described from ten specimens in the U. S. National Museum,
bred from seed-pods of Capressus macrocarpa, Alameda. Co., Cal. ,
issued Jan. 1 to 24, 1886, breeding number 68.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Cydia piperana sp. nov.
Expanse, % and 9.18.5mm.
Head, palpi and thorax cinereous-gray, with atoms of paler gray. Abdomen
and legs shining fuscous. Palpi porrect, ascending, second joint long, loosely
clothed, third joint bare, extends beyond face.
Forewing: dull brown ; closely, evenly and heavily overlaid with pale yellow
atoms, these atoms not arranged in paraflel transverse lines as in cupressana.
Several metallic, silvery lilies, with bluish reflections, cross the wing. One, just
before the middle from costa to dorsum, nearly vertical, but slightly bulging out-
ward about middle; the second, beyond middle, runs obliquely to dorsum before
anal angle, and there joins a pi-eciiiate metallic line, the latter arising on costa at
apex. Between second and outer lines are two short ones on costa, the outer is
double the length of the inner, and is oblique. The metallic lines are narrowly
edged with black. Cilia shining luteous, preceded by a narrow black line.
Hindwing: smoky fuscous, darker towards apex, cilia white, preceded by dark
fuscous line, and it preceded by a very narrow whitish line.
Undersides both wings: shining fuscous, with a coppery reflection. Cilia same
as above.
Two specimens: Pullman, Wash., April 11, 1898; collected by
Mr, C. V. Piper, in whose honor the species is named.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Cydia iiiquilina sp. nov.
Expanse, 9- 14-15 mm.
Head : shortly and loosely scaled in front and above, face small, cinereous,
thickly dotted with fuscous or smoky brown. Palpi short, scarcely extend be-
yond head, second joiut above with con)pressed scales, below loosely clothed with
short scales hanging vertically downward, from end of second joint to base ; outer
joint as long as second, depressed, not hidden by tufts of second, closely clothed
with short, compressed scales; pale cinereous, excepting all of third joint and a
patch on outer sides of outer half of second, which are smoky black. Antennae
(female) simple, cinereous, lightly annulated with daslies between segments.
Thorax smooth, it and patagia cinereous, thickly dotted with smoky brown. Ab-
domen dark fuscous, posterior edges each segment cinereous. Legs cinereous,
annulated with smoky brown.
Forewing: smoky brown, tinged with ferruginous, minutely and thickly dotted
with cinereous. A large patch of coppery-metallic scales in middle of wing below
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56 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
costa, and a smaller vertical patch of same color before ocellic spot. A sinuate
line of same color scales outlines outer side of ocellic spot, this line is interrui)ted
in middle, and beyond the break on outer margin is a dot of same color. Several
horizontal black streaks in ocellic spot. Costa from inner third to apex black,
which is broken by six geminated cinereous dashes, about evenly spaced. Ex-
cepting the two apical pairs, these geminate dashes are heavily overlaid with
bluish-metallic scales, most conspicuous in four short oblique lines at and beyond
middle of wing, and an extended line from third spot before apex, which con-
tinues below the outer spots to outer margin about a quarter below apex. A nar-
row shade of ochreous-red or wine color from before middle covers upper part of
wing below costa, turning downward at apex and ending on outer margin at anal
angle. This reddish shade sharply contrasts with a black preciliate line on outer
margin, and with the black and metallic streaks along the costa. In the apical
third are a few short horizontal streaks of black. Cilia fuscous, with a shining
purplish reflection.
Hind wing: smoky fuscous, paler basally, cilia pale fuscous, preceded by a
broader, darker and a narrower paler line. Underside same.
Underside forewing: very dark, smoky, black; cilia same, preceded by slightly
paler line ; costal cinereous dashes faintly separated.
Three female specimens : two labelled " San Francisco, California,
Mrs. Knickerbocker," and one red ink number 69, Seattle, Wash-
ington, O. B. Johnson.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and in my collection.
Ancylis intermediana sp. nov.
Expanse 12.5-14 mm.
Head, palpi, thorax and antennse pale cinereous; palpi projecting two-thirds
length of head before it, usually depressed, second joint heavily scaled, not com-
pressed, entirely concealing third joint, sharply truncated at outer end. Scales
of head long, forming small brush in front and ridge between eyes. Abdomen
shining gray, anal tuft cinerous; legs cinereous, a shade paler between joints.
Forewing: pale gray, overlaid with shining whitish scales = ground color.
Large dorsal and other prominent spots olivaceous-brown = dark color. Large
dorsal spots from base to anal angle on dorsum, upper edge from middle of base,
swelling gently upward, reaching highest elevation at about inner third, where
it is as wide as three-fifths the width of the wing, evenly rounded on top, thence
descending, evenly without prominences towards anal angle, slightly sub-sinuate
before angle; a continuous line of dark color is continued from anal angle as a
preciliate line and merges into the dark color at apex. At the middle of costa an
oblique fascia begins, but extends only two-thirds towards anal angle, and widens
out into a well-defined lunate spot, the inner, lower and outer margins forming
the curved portion ; a falcate dark color spot in apex, preceded by eight short
oblique dashes of same color on costa between apex and central fascia. These
dark costal spots are separated by oblique lines of white lustrous scales, the lower
points of each of the outer four are overlaid with lustrous blue, a few scales of
same color beneath apex; the inner bounds the upper edges of lunate spot and
runs into a line of bluish lustrous scales dividing this spot from the ocellic space ;
the next outer white line merges with the inner, the third and fifth are very
W. D. KEARFOTT. 57
short and less than half the length of the fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth white
lines. The first to sixth are outwardly oblique, the seventh vertical and eighth
inwardly obliqe. The dark costal dashes on each side of the sixth white line
join together below and form a distinctly defined sinuate line, the outer edge of
which rests on middle of outer margin. The inner boundary of this line is de-
fined by a line of bluish lustrous scales, which also separates it from outer edge
of ocellic patch. The pale ground color covers upper two-fifths of wing on costa
before central fascia, thence descends in an easy sweep, with almost parallel
edges between dorsal and lunate spots to the dorsum, then into and forming the
ocellic space; a faint shade of darker scales crosses it on upper edge of cell, and
in the ocellic space it is slightly overlaid with darker scales. The lunate spot at
its outer end is cut by a short horizontal line of black scales, with a dot of same
above the line. Cilia shining white, cut by a long black dash beneath apex and
a shorter one below this, and margined inwardly by a row of black dots between
apex and middle ; below apex outer ends of cilia shaded with olivaceous-cinereous.
Hind wing: olivaceous-gray, cilia paler, preceded by a darker and a lighter
line, the laiter the narrowest.
Underside both wings: shining fuscous, hind wing paler than forewing; ciner-
eous along costa of ford wing, with darker spots repeated. Several dark dots ou
outer half of costa of hind wing. Cilia cinereous.
Nineteen specimens; male and female, one Seattle, Wash., O. B.
Johnson, No. 51 ; eighteen, Wellington, Br., Col., Rev. Geo. W.
Taylor and Th. Bryant, May and June.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Enarinoiiia wal»iiighaini sp. nov.
Expanse 15-20 mm.
Head: smoky brown; p:ilpi light brown, darker on ends of scales and apical
joint; antennsE fuscous; thorax bronzy-black; abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft
brown ish-ochreous; legs light browuish-ochreous, annulated and dusted with
blackish-brown.
Forewing : brownish-black, on the inner half of costa are seven or eight ochre-
ous dots on the extreme edge, four larger and more prominent dots are on the
outer half, but do not extend below the edge. The white dorsal patch is large
and roughly triangular in shape, it extends to middle of wing on the dorsum,
within the spot are two small black dots; there is a gray shade extending from
tipper end of the white patch to the costa before middle; a similar gray shade
extends from the three inner costal marks; beyond the middle, to middle of cell
and from the fourth, a pair of lines of the same color to the middle of the termen ;
between these gray shades and between the outer one and termen the ground
color is overlaid with scattered black and ochreous-brown scales. The ocellus
consists of a large U-shaped mark of gray-metallic scales, the lower rounded part
resting on the termen above the angle, and the upper open and extending to be-
yond middle of wing. Cilia smoky brown, preceded by irregular darker line.
Hindwing: dark smoky brown ; underside the same, but less dark cilia shin-
ing fuscous.
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58 AMERICAN LKPIDOPTERA.
Underside forewiug: same as hindwing, with ochreous costal marks and the
white dorsal patch repeated.
Seven specimens: Hemlock Falls, N. J., April 29th ; Essex Co.,
N. J., April 30tli aiul May 4th ; Great Notch, N. J., May 4th;
Tryon, N". C, W. F. Fiske.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
This is the eastern representative of the Californian americana
Wlsin. Since the note published in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxviii,
362, 1905, I have received additional material which makes it very
evident that the species are distinct. I take pleasure in dedicating
the new form to Lord Walsingham, whose careful work on North
American Tortricids is so well known and appreciated.
Eiiarnioiiia dyarana sp. nov.
Expanse, 9 , 16-17 mm.
Head : dark gray-brown, lighter in front; palpi light clay color, the long hair
on the outer side of tufts fuscous ; apical joint fuscous ; anteunje l)lackish-fuscous;
thorax blackish-fuscous, patagia of an olivaceous-fuscous shade ; abdomen black-
ish-fuscous, anal tuft and underside anal segments whitish.
Forewing: blackish-brown, the outer fourth faintly irrorated with yellowish
scales. On the costa before the middle is a pair of white dashes joining at top of
cell and continuing to middle of cell as a dull leaden metallic line. Beyond the
middle are four pairs of similar dashes, from all descend lines of metallic scales,
that from the inner pair nearly joining the upper end of the dorsal mark. There
is a small metallic spot on termen below apex ; and beyond it, interrupting the
black terminal line, is a patch of cream-colored scales. The ocellic spot is absent,
but represented by a vertical bar of metallic scales starting from dorsum at anal
angle and slightly curving inward to above middle of wing. The white dorsal
mark arises from beyond middle of wing and inclines outward, it is composed of
two white lines which come close together at middle of their length, and are sep-
arated at each end, they extend to above middle of wing, the scales at upper end
metallic. Cilia shining fuscous.
Hindwing: smoky fuscous, cilia paler; underside the same.
Underside forewing: shining grayish-fuscous, with costal dashes as well as
ocellic bar strongly reproduced in cream color, a dash of same through middle of
cell.
Three 9 specimens: Colorado, collected by Dyar and Caudell.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and my collection.
This species is roughly scaled and will go in the same class as E.
americana.
Eiiarinoiiia edwardsiaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 12-14 mm.
Head and thorax blackish-brown ; palpi pale clay-brown ; antenna black ; abdo-
men blackish-fuscous, external tips of scales on underside paler, anal tuft ochre-
ous; legs whitish-gray, powdered with blackish-brown.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 59
Forewing: brown, with a slight bronzy tinge; in the fresh specimen rather
heavily streaked with gray from base to ternien. On the costa below middle are
two oblique white streaks, between them and base another white shade that does
not extend below costa ; beyond the middle are four pairs of white costal dashes,
the inner one of the first pair giving off a short line of lilaceous metallic scales;
the outer one of the second pair gives off a similar line, which runs beneath the
third pair ; the outer dash of the fourth pair continues as a broken line of metallic
to termen beneath apex; these white dashes are separated by black iiiterspaces.
The ocellic spot is absent, being represented by a vertical bar of yellowish-gray
metallic scales. The white dorsal streak is slightly beyond middle of wing and
consists of two narrow oblique lines joined together at the top by metallic scales,
and this extension reaching above middle of wing. Between the two lines on
dorsum is a tiny white dot, a similar dot on dorsum before the first line; one or
both of these dots are absent in some specimens. Cilia shining leaden, preceded
by a black terminal line.
Hindwings: dark bronzy-brown, tuft of hair scales at base of median vein and
cilia white. Underside whitish-bronze, mottled along costa with darker brown.
Underside forewing: same as hind wing, but outer half shinish reddish-bronze ;
costal spots strong, repeated.
Four specimens : three Henry Edwards' collection, Am. Mus.
Nat. Hist., Reg. Nos. 14,564, 14,568, and 14,569, Coll. Nos. 236
and 235, California ; one specimen, San Francisco, Cal.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and in my collection.
This species is similar to our eastern E. tristrigana Clem., but can
be distinguished by the different dorsal marks. The three speci-
mens from the Edwards' collection are somewhat faded, and are of
a light cinnamon brown, the gray streaks ab.sent, but the costal,
ocellic, and dorsal marks agree with the fresher specimen.
Eiiarmoiiia laiia sp. nov.
Expanse 13 5-15 mm.
Head : fuscous, dark cream in front; palpi whitish, with a few dots on brown
on outside of tufts; antennae fuscous; thorax olivaceous-brown; abdomen purp-
lish-fuscous, shining, outer ends of scales on underside whitish-fuscous; legs
bronzy-brown.
Forewing: brownish-bronze, shining all over. There are two short oblique
white dashes on costa before middle; beyond middle are eight white dashes, the
inner pair geminate, and the six outer ones arranged in three pair, interspaces dark
brown ; from the inner dash and from the first pair, short lines of bluish-metallic
scales parallel the costa ; a short line of the same is below the eighth. There is a
dot of the same in termen beneath apex. The ocellic spot is absent, but repre-
sented by a vertical bar of golden metallic scales reaching to middle of wing,
between it and termen the ground color is overlaid with yellowish scales. The
dorsal mark is broad and divided into four lines, they are somewhat contracted
at the top, where they reach to the middle of the wing. Terminal line dark
brown, cut below apex by a black streak, bordering which below is a white scale.
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60 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Hind wing: dark bronzy-brown, with a dash of whitish at base, cilia pale fus-
cous. Underside of both wings dark bronzy-brown, with costal dashes faintly
repeated.
Two specimens: one % and one 9) Colfax, Placer Co., Cal ,
July, Collected by A. H. Vachell.
This species is also similar to the eastern tristrigana, hut can be
separated by the difference in costal and dorsal marks.
Eiiariuonia placeraiia sp. nov.
Expanse, %, 12-14 mm. ; J, 14-16 mm.
Head : fuscous-brown, paler in front; palpi pale clay-brown, tips of brush and
apical joint blaokish-brown ; antennge black, with a bronzy tinge; thoT-ax oliva-
ceous-brown, patagia tipped with white; abdomen fuscous-brown, external scales,
underside, white; thorax whitish-ochreous; legs cinereous-gray, powdered with
fuscous.
Forewing: bronzy-brown, shaded with leaden gray on inner third on dorsal and
costal margins of male. Before the middle of costa there are two white marks
on extreme edge next to base, between these and middle are two white oblique
dashes, the lower ends continuing as pale blue-metallic, and almost running into
top of dorsal mark. Beyond middle are eight narrow oblique white dashes, the
first sends a metallic-blue line obliquely across wing and joins the upper end of
the vertical ocellic bar; from the fourth a metallic blue line runs parallel to costa
and combines with a similar extension from the eight. The ocellus is represented
by a vertical bar of silvery -gray metallic scales, the lower end resting on termen
above anal angle, it curves slightly inward. The white dorsal patch is broad and
divided into two lines by a line of brown, in some specimens each side line is
subdivided by a central dotting of brown scales; it curves slightly outward, and
in the 9 specimens there is a tendency to broaden out at upper end, which
reaches to middle of wing and terminates in a few metallic blue scales. Termi-
nal line black, cut below apex by a dash of whitish-fuscous. Cilia leaden-fuscous.
Hindwing: dark bronzy-brown, cilia fuscous, underside both wings tlie same,
with costal dashes repeated.
Three S and four 9 specimens : Placer Co., Cal., May to June ;
six collected by A. H. Vachell ; one, collection of U. S. Nat, Mus.
This species is marked like tristrigana, but the shape of the wings
and rather rough scales place it in the same class as americaua
Wlsm.
Eiiarin4»iiia wana sp. nov.
Expanse 10-12 mm.
Head : gray, speckled with darker gray ; palpi pale cinereous, upper end of tuft
a shade darker, outer joint blackish ; antenna gray, with darker annulations at
joints, thorax bronzy-brown, with a reddish-green tinge; abdomen shining
blackish-fuscous above, paler beneath, anal tuft whitish ; legs whitish-gray, shin-
ing iridescent scales.
Forewing: shining bronzy-brown. Before the middle are three white costal
dashes, the inner one nearly obsolete, each continuing to top of cell in lines of
leaden-metallic. Beyond the middle are three pairs of white costal dashes, the
two inner pairs close together, the outer close to the apex, all are continuous as
W. D. KEAKFOTT. 61
golden-metallic lines to a third below costa. The ocellic spot is olivaceous-yellow,
crossed by four horizontal black lines; the vertical side-bars are fjolden-metallic,
the inner one connecting with first costal line beyond middle. The dorsal white
patch, which is divided by a brown dot on dorsum, about three times as long as
wide, curving outward slightly and reaching but a trifle above fold ; from the
outer upper edge it is continued as a metallic line to above middle of wing ap-
proaching but not joining the metallic line from costal spot before middle. The
tips of the scales on upper half to middle, in apex and before termen are tipped
with yellow. There is a dark brown terminal line cut by a white dash below
apex. Cilia shining fuscous.
Hindwing: bronzy-brown, paler towards base, cilia same inwardly, white out-
wardly; underside shining gray-white.
Underside forewing: shining bronzy-brown, with costal spots repeated. In
certain lights there is a greenish bloom over both surfaces of both wings.
About fifty specimens : Carmel-by-tlie-Sea, Monterey Co., Cal.,
April; San Luis Obispo, Cal., March; all collected by A. H.
Vachell.
Eiiartuonia zana sp. uov.
Expanse 10-15 mm.
Head and thorax grayish-brown ; palpi pale clay color, ends of tuft and third
joint blackish ; antennse fuscous-brown ; abdomen blackish-fuscous, paler between
joints, anal tuft ochreous; legs pale brown, heavily overlaid with black.
Forewing: bronzy-brown, with a metallic bloom in certain lights; the costa is
marked with three obscure whitish spots before middle, from the outer two of
which an obscure milky white shining fascia follows to middle then angles inward
to dorsal margin. Beyond middle is a group of four white costal dots, obscurely
geminate, the inner sends a line of shining silvery scales obliquely to middle
thence down to dorsum, where it forms the inner bar of the ocellic spot; a short
shining line from fourth spot joins the preceding at middle of wing. Before the
apex are two hook-shaped white dashes, the outer one sending a broken line of
shining scales to middle of termen ; before these two dashes is an obscure white
spot on costa, which sends a broken line of metallic scales to anal angle, the lower
part forming the outer vertical bar of ocellus. The ocellus consists of a shining
yellowish patch, divided by hnir short horizontal lines, these lines do not reach
the side-bars, the outer bar is defined on its inner side by a broken row of black
dots, with a few black dots on its outer side. The ground color of the outer half
of the wing is heavily overlaid with golden-yellow scales. Cilia shining fuscous,
preceded by a dark fuscous line.
Hindwing: rather light bronze, cilia pale gray, shining ; underside brownish-
gray, leather heavily reticulated with pale gray scales, especially at outer end of
wing.
Underside forewing: upper half bronzy-brown, shading into a brownish gray
below; costal spots repeated.
Twenty-four specimens : Wellington, Br. Col., May and June,
Geo. W. Taylor and T. Bryant.
This species is similar to E. vana, but can be separated by the
arrangement of costal. spots and the ocellic spots.
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62 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Enarmoiiia vana sp. nov.
Expanse 13-15 mm.
Head and thorax dark gray, with a bronzy tinge, face pale yellowish gray ;
palpi yellowish-gray, with tips of scales and apical joint blackish ; autennse fus-
cous, finely annulated with yellowish-gray; abdomen blackish-fuscous above,
cinereous beneath ; legs whitish-cinereous, thickly powdered with dark brown.
Forewing: shining bronzy-brown ; the strongest marked character is theocellic
spot, consisting of a patch of cream-colored scales, with a pinkish tinge and divi-
ded by four horizontal black lines; before and beyond this i)atch is a vertical bar
of golden-metallic scales, also with a pinkish hue. The costa is marked by about
six geminate cream-colored dashes ; from the two pairs before the middle descend
obliquely to top of cell obscure pinkish-metallic lines, which merge there, and an
irregular and more or less obscure fascia of the same color reaches the dorsum at
middle of wing. Beyond the middle the first and third pair of spots give off lines
of pink-metallic, which approach each other about the middle of wing and nearly
merge into the inner bar of the ocellic spot. A similar line curves outward from
the second spot before apex, but ends before the termen ; the dot before the apex
gives forth a similar line, which runs into termen under the apex and causes a
break in the black terminal line. The scales of the ground color of the outer
half of wing are very faintly tipped with yellowish, giving a strigulated appear-
ance. Cilia shining leaden.
Hind wing : light bronzy-brown, cilia same, with a leaden hue ; underside same.
Underside forewing: darker than hindwing, costal spots strong, repeated.
Eight specimens: Colfax, Placer Co., Cal., July ; collected by A.
H. Vacheil.
Eiiarmonia tana sp. uov.
Expanse, %, 12-13 mm.; J, 15-16 mm.
Head: olivaceous-gray, collar and face cinereous-gray; palpi cinereous, third
joint blackish ; antennae fuscous; thorax olivaceous-gray, patagia streaked with
whitish-gray; abdomen blackish-fuscous, with a few long white hairs from poste-
rior segments ; legs cinereous, dotted and annulated with dark brown.
Forewing: basal area dark leaden-gray, outwardly irrorated with yellow, fol-
lowed by a broad cream-yellow central fascia, beyond which the leaden-gray
ground color is heavily irrorated with vertical lines of creamy-yellow scales, ex-
cept in the ocellic area, where the yellow lines are horizontal and separate the
four horizontal black lines. From the outer third of costa is a wedge-shaped,
cream-colored patch extending to middle of cell, and between its lower end and
the central fascia is.a smaller rectangular spot of the same color. This costal
patch is marked on either side by a more intense yellow spot on costa, and is
interrupted by one strong and one weak black costal dot; there is a similar black
costal dot in central fascia. There are three transverse lines of shining leaden-
metallic scales in the middle of the wing, two in the central fascia, the inner a
little beyond the inner edge and extending only to middle of wing, the outer
outlining this fascia, the third an equal distance beyond the second, its lower
half forms the vertical inner bar of the ocellic space. There is a fourth line of
the same scales from a broad white costal patch before apex to anal angle, inter-
rupted twice, its lower half forms the outer vertical bar of the ocellic spot. There
is a fine black terminal line, and the cilia is shining cinereous.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 63
Hind wing: bronzy-brown, cilia white; uudeiside brownish-fuscous, cilia gray.
Underside forewing: steely-brown, costal spot repeated, cilia shining leaden,
preceded by a darker and lighter line.
Twenty specimens: Verdi, Nev., June 20th to 30th; Cisco and
Colfax, Placer Co., Cal., June and July; all collected by A. H.
Vachell.
Enarmoiiia TiincouTerana sp. nuv.
Expanse 11-13 mm.
Head and thorax dark brown, nearly black ; palpi cinereous; antennse black ;
abdomen dark purplish-fuscous, tuft ochreous; legs dark gray, tarsi annulated
with cinereous.
Forewing: bronzy-black, a grayish shade at base and less black and more red-
dish-brown at outer end. The costa is marked with four pairs of white, oblique
dashes, from each pair a line of metallic-blue scales, none of them go below one-
third the width of wing ; opposite the end of the apical line is a tiny blue dot on
termen below apex. The ocellic spot is absent, being represented only by the
inner vertical bar of lilaceous scales. The white basal dash is narrow, slightly
curved outwardly, does not reach to middle of wing. In some specimens it is
divided by a line of ground color; in one, the two halves are joined together in
the middle, leaving forked ends below and above. Terminal line black. Cilia
shining fuscous.
Hindwing : bronzy-brown, underside grayish-brown, cilia fuscous.
Underside forewing: bronzy-brown, with costal spots repeated.
Ten specimens : Wellington, Br. Col., June, T. Bryant.
This very black species can hardly be mistaken for any other. I
notice a small amount of variety in the costal marks of several of
the specimens, there being an extra white dash between the third
and fourth pairs.
Enai'inonia saiindersana sp. uov.
Expanse 10-12.5 mm.
Head and palpi : cinereous-gray; thorax and abdomen fuscous, latter cinereous
beneath ; legs cinereous, dusted with brown.
Forewing: bronzy-brown, shading to gray basally. Costa with ten rather long,
oblique, wedge-shaped, whitish dashes, with blue continuations from first, second,
fourth, seventh and tenth. The ocellic spot is nearly obsolete, being represented
only by the vertical inner bar of lilaceous-metallic scales, narrowed, edged with
black on the inner side and a few irregularly placed black dots between outer
edge and termen. The dorsal mark is nearly obsolete, it consists of four faint
whitish lines, with their upper ends converging and ending a little above middle
of wing, the upper ends are overlaid with bluish-metallic scales. Termen line
black, and a black dot in apex. Cilia shining fuscous.
Hindwing; bronzy-brown, cilia same as forewing.
Underside both wings: bronzy-gray, with costal spots repeated.
Four specimens: Toronto, Can., May 24th to June 11th; "On
Lupin," H. S. Saunders.
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64 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Enarmonia f'ana sp. uov.
Expanse 7.5-10 mm.
Head and tlioiax in some lights like the grayish-blue bloom of a ripe plum, in
other lights with a purplish-metallic reflection; pnlpi yellowish-white, outer joint
darker; abdomen above same as thorax, beneath cinereous; legs cinereous, dusted
with brown.
Forewing: bronzy-brown, but shaded with the i)lum-blooni in the inner fourth.
On the costa are eight broad, oblique white lines divided by dark brown and ex-
tending to top of cell ; from the first, third, sixth and eighth the lines are contin-
ued as pale metallic-blue. That from the third spot runs obliquely to and joins
the inner metallic bar of the ocellic spot; that from the sixth spot goes towards
but does not join the outer bar; the blue beneath the eighth is but a few scales.
The ocellic area is large, filling the outer fourth of wing from anal angle to above
middle; it consists of six black lines (the upper line is a row of dots, and the
lower is short, with a spur angling downward), the vertical side-bars are shining
lilaceous-metallic, the inner is double the width of the outer. In the middle of
dorsal margin is a large white spot, in some specimens not divided, but in others
divided by a line of brown, it is slightly inclined outward and reaches but a trifle
above the fold, on its upper end the white is replaced by lilac-metallic scales
which obscurely extend to middle of wing. The extreme edge of termen is
brown, cilia shining leaden, with a white cut just below apex.
Hindwings and underside of both : bronzy-brown, shading to grayish-brown at
base.
Ten specimens : Anglesea, N. J., May 15th to 30th ; Essex
County Park, N. J., May 15 ; Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 3d, Miss
Braun.
Close to interstinctana Clem., braeteatana Fern, and maculana
Fern.
f^narinoiiia angleseana sp. nov.
Expanse 10-11 mm.
Head above and thorax bronzy-gray, with a bluish reflection, face whitish-
gray; palpi cream color, apical joint a shade darker; abdomen blackish-fuscous,
with a purplish reflection above, a band of cream color on each segment below ;
legs whitish-cinereous, shaded with light brown.
Forewing: bronzy-brown, with a leaden shade at base. The outer three-fourths
of costa is marked with nine rather broader lines; all, excepting the third, which
is yellow, pure white; these white lines are unusually long, reaching to top of
cell; from the first and second, which join together and separately from the
fourth, seventh and ninth, are short lines of pale metallic-blue scales. The ninth
outlines a large blackish-brown apical spot. In the ocellic space are five horizon-
tal black lines, separated by four yellow lines, the latter are joined together in-
wardly, forming a vertical yellow bar; on either side the ocellus is enclosed by a
bar of lilaceous-metallic scales, the inner bar being the broader and longer. Be-
tween this inner bar and middle of wing is a large shining yellow dorsal spot,
composed of five or six vertical lines, reaching almost to middle of wing, the two
outside lines are somewhat inclined towards each other at the top. Cilia shining,
leaden-brown.
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Hind wing: dark bronzy-brown, cilia grayish-brown ; underside bronzy-brown,
costal spots strongly repeated ; over both wings is an irridescent sheen or bloom,
when held at certain angles.
Forty-five specimens: Anglesea, N. J., from middle of May to
end of June; one specimen, labelled "Mass.," from C. V. Riley
collection, National Museum.
Co types in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Nearest to interstinctana Clem., but rea^lily separated by the white
dorsal mark of the latter. This species occurs in countless numbers
in the shrubbery along Five- Mile Beach. At every step dozens
rise and settle on the leaves of any convenient plant, where, for a
moment or two, they strut around, very similar to the habits of the
Choreutis.
Enarmoiiia dana sp. nov.
Expanse 12-13 mm.
Head : hoary-brown ; palpi same, but cinereous at base; antenna gray, finely
annulated with black; thorax hoary-brown, with an olivaceous tinge; abdomen
fuscous, tuft cinereous; legs whitish-gray, dusted with brown.
Forewing: olivaceous-brown, eight or nine obscure whitish dots on costa, those
beyond middle geminate; from each costal spot descends a line of pale blue, be-
fore the middle these are short, the two in the middle join a quarter below costa
and send an oblique line to dorsum before the obsolete ocellic spot. The two
spots beyond this blend and send a single line to termen below apex The apical
part of wing is minutely dotted with yellow scales. There are four black dots on
termen below middle, and the lines of blue scales are bordered inwardly with
black dots. Cilia shining, leaden-brown.
Hind wing: smoky brown, cilia shining, leaden-brown.
Underside forewing and hind wing: shiny smoky brown, with costal spots
faintly repeated.
Eight specimens: Montclair, N. J., May 24; Caldwell, N. J.,
May i7th and 22d ; Wyoming Co., Pa., 2300 ft., June 17th.
Knarmonia daiidana sp. nov.
Expanse 12 mm.
Head and palpi cinereous ; antenna shining fuscous; thorax brownish-fuscous;
abdomen dark fuscous, with a purplish reflection, anal tuft gray; legs whitish-
gray, dusted with fuscous.
Forewing: smoky brown, in certain lights with a metallic sheen over the
whole surface. Before the middle the costa is marked with closely set dots of
obscure white, each terminating below in a few pale blue scales. Beyond the
middle are five conspicuous geminate white spots. The inner one sends a line of
blue obliquely to upper angle of cell ; from the middle one a similar blue line
goes to termen below apex. Above the anal angle and well before the termen are
four horizontal black lines, enclosed before and behind by vertical bars of shining
lilaceous scales. This ocellic spot is higher up and farther in than its usual posi-
tion. A line of black scales lie between the two blue lines from costa. The
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66 AMERICAN LEPlbOPTERA.
brown ground color is sparsely dotted with yellow scales on the innei' two-thirds
of wing and closely on the outer third. Cilia shining, leaden.
Hindvving: smoky brown, a shade paler at base, cilia gray, but tinged with
brown at apex ; underside smoky brown.
Hind wing: slightly lighter than forewing. the costal dots of the latter are
faintly repeated.
Four .speciiriens: Essex County Park, N. J., ou hills back of
Montclair, in light trap, Aug. 28th.
This species is much like E. dana, but can be readily separated
by the strongly developed ocellic spot, which is entirely wanting in
dana. I have male and female of both species.
Enarniodia garacana sp. nov.
Expanse 14-16 mm.
Head and palpi olivaceous-gi'ay, outside of palpi blackish ; antenna dark fus-
cous; thorax speckled fuscous-gray, posterior end fuscous, preceded by a whitish
streak; abdomen fuscous; legs whitish, dusted and banded with brown.
Forewing: olivaceous-fuscous, with three broad geminate whitish fasciie from
costa to middle of wing. On costa beyond middle are four shorter whitish gemi-
nate spots and a white dash before apex. Between dorsum and fold are two whit-
ish patches, each divided by a darker line, one at inner fourth and one in middle.
From the outer third of costa a bluish-metallic line crosses wing to anal angle,
where it ends in a white dash in cilia, a similar metallic line from costal spot be-
fore apex ends as a white dash in cilia at middle of dorsum. Ocellic spot obso-
lete, consisting of a few scattered metallic scales. Termeu edged with a tine black
line. Cilia leaden-gray.
Hindwing: bronzy-brown, cilia whitish, with a darker basal line; underside
grayish."
Underside forewing: smoky brown.
Four specimens: Chicago, 111., July, J. H. Reading; Trenton,
Ontario, J. D. Evans.
iSpai'gaiiothis tara<'ana sp. nov.
Expanse 1.3.5-20 mm.
Head and palpi reddish-ochreous, latter paler within ; thorax daik oclireous,
patagia purplish-ochreous ; antenna pale ochreous, shaded with purplish towards
base; abdomen ochreous; legs whitish, with an ochreous reflection, dusted with
j)ink and purplish-ochreous.
Forewing: pale ochreous, or light canary-yellow, under a lens the extreme tips
of each scale has a bluish-irridescent reflection. The extreme base is pinkish-
purple, this dark shade extends along costal and dorsal margins to inner sixth.
There is a narrow fascia of the same color across middle of wing, interrupted in
the middle of the cell, it is slightly farther away from base at dorsal than at cos-
tal margin. There is a narrow subterminal fascia of the same color between
veins 2 and 7, broadest in the middle. At outer fourth of costa there is a faint
shade of the same color. There are four specimens with the middle fascia. 1
have thirteen which I consider the same species, in which the middle fascia is
W. I). KEARFOTT. 67
obsolete, being; indicated on extieme costal edjie by a faint shade. Cilia opposite
the yellow are concolorous, opposite the purplish the dark color overruns the
cilia at base, but extreme edge is yellow.
Hindwiugs: very light pinkish straw color; underside pale ochreous, streaked
with darker ochreous below costa and in middle of wing.
Underside forewiug: ochreous, shaded with pinkish, the central and terminal
fasciae are lightly repeated.
Seventeen .specimens: Hastings, FJa., March, April, Sept., Oct.,
and Nov., A. J. Brown ; Burnet Co., Texas, F. G. Schaupp.
The varieties witli and without the central fascia occur in both the
spring and fall and in both Florida and Texas.
Sparganothis yiiinana sp. nov.
Expanse, % , 14 nira. ; 9 , 16 mm.
Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen and forewing light ochreous in the male, and
dark ochreous in the female. In the latter there are a few dark scales between
lower vein of cell near its outer end and fold, and an almost invisible narrow
darker shade from outer third of dorsum to middle of costa. Cilia concolorous.
Hiudwingof male same color as forewing; of female, light ochreous, darker
around the edges; underside both wings light ochreous in male, darker in female.
One S and one $: Yuma Co., Ariz., de.sert ; received through
J. B. Smith.
Sparganolhis bistriala sp. nov.
Expanse 22-24 mm.
Head and jialpi yellow, darker outwardly; thorax yellow, patagia dark ochre-
ous at base and apex ; antenna pale yellow ; abdomen and legs dirty yellow, latter
banded and dusted with purplish-red.
Forewing: bright canary-yellow, strigulated with vertical lines of shining
opalescent scales, in a general way following the curve of the termen ; these
bright lines cross wing from base to termen, and each forms a shining spot on
costa. There is a costal line of bright red from base to outer sixth, a similar band
through middle of ceil from base to end of cell, a slight shade of the same color
on dorsunj at outer end of fold. Cilia yellow.
Hindwing: above and below pink or dark flesh color, cilia whitish.
Underside forewing: ochreous, shaded with pink through middle of wing, and
red on and l)elow costa.
Three specimens: Shovel Mountain, Burnett Co., Texas, F. G.
Shaupp; Florida.
Sparganothis tristriata sp. nov.
Expanse 17-23 mm.
Head and palpi: dark ochreous ; antenna purplish-fuscous; thoras dark och-
reous, patagia wide-red ; abdomen light fuscous, anal tuft light brown ; legs whit-
ish, powdered with reddish-brown.
Forewing: light canary-yellow, with three wine-red streaks from base to ter-
men. The upper edges, the costa, the middle is above the middle of the wing,
and the lower one on dorsum between it and fold, the last is shaded with yellow
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68 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
along dorsum for inner third. There is a lighter subterminal shade of the same
color which joins the outer ends of the three streaks together. The two yellow
interspaces are ahout of equal width to the red streaks. As in bisiriata there are
vertical strigiilations of shining irridesrent scales, they are more conspicuous on
the red streaks, and in the inner part of wing are nearly obsolete on the yellow
shades. Cilia yellowish at apex, becoming pinkish at anal angle.
Hindwing: purplish-fuscous, cilia paler; underside gray, with a purplish tinge.
Underside forewing: ochreish-purple, narrowly ochreish along costa, and paler
beneath fold.
Five specimens : Duluth, Minn., from C. H. Feruald's collection ;
Flummer's Island, Md., Sept. 13th, A. Busck. The Maryland speci-
men is 23 mm., while all of the Minnesota specimens are 5 to 6 mm.
smaller.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and Prof. Fernald's collection.
Both this species and the preceding are allied to S. striata Wlsm.
C'enopis saracana sp. nov.
Expanse, % , 19 mm. ; 9 • 20 and 23 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna, thorax and forewing light fawn-brown or light terra
cotta ; abdomen whitish-fawn, anal tuft light fawn; legs whitish, dusted with
dark fawn.
Forewing: light fawn, spotted with dark purplish-fawn. At the extreme base
is a shade of the dark color. On the costa at inner third a roughly triangular
dark spot ; at the outer fourth is a larger darker spot, connecting with a smaller
spot in middle of wing, which also connects with a large triangular spot on dor-
sum at outer third; the three spots with their connecting lines forming an
inwardly oblique fascia. The dark markings of the female specimens are larger
and more abundant than of the male, the spots of the outer fascia are broader and
there is a small dark spot on inner fourth of dorsum in line with the axis of the
costal spot above it; thei'e is also a fine strigulation of dark dots on costa between
fascia and apex, the outer row of which extends to middle of termen. The fore-
wing of both sexes is strigulated with vertical rows of irridescent dots, of a sil-
very-bluish hue.
Hindwing: light reddish-terra cotta, white above cell; underside very light
fawn, without the reddish hue.
Underside forewing: light yellowish-fawn around the edges, brownish-fawn in
middle.
One % and two 9 : Essex County Fark, N. J., on hills above
Montclair ; two flown specimens, July, one bred from larva twisting
the leaves of common sassafras ; larva found June 13th, moth issued
July 6th.-
CenopiK karacaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 18 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax light yellowish-fawn; antenna grayish-terra cotta;
abdomen and legs whitish-terra cotta, latter dusted with brown.
Forewing : light yellow, strigulated with vertical rows of shining whitish scales
W. i). KEARFOTT. 69
and marked with light purple spots. The male costal fold, which is very short,
and a small shade at extreme base are purple. There is a narrow purple fascia
from inner fourth of co.'ita to middle of dorsum, widest on costa and hardly more
than a line on lower half. A purple triangular spot on outer third of costa in one
specimen sends a fine line to lower third of wing, pointing to anal angle, and two
or three small dark dots on costa between the spot and apex.
Hindwing: above and below whitish fawn, cilia the same.
Underside forewing: yellow along costa and ternien, white below fold, interior
light pinkish-brown.
Two male specimens : one bred from larva crumpling the leaves
of bayberry, Anglesea, N. J., June 14th, issued July 9th ; breeding-
No. K. 367 ; one from larva rolling the leaves of black oak, Essex
County Park, N. J., May 30th, issued June 29th; breeding No.
K. 224. I have the following notes on the larva of K. 224 : " Rolls
side of leaf into a tight cylinder ; length 12 mm., pale yellow, lighter
subdorsal lines on which are tubucules 1 and 2; annulate subspi-
racular line also lighter. Head jet black, whitish collar separates
P. T. shield, which is jet black and large, covering all dorsal area.
A long tubecular plate below shield and before spiracle, also a smaller
spot at base of leg, jet black. Anal shield nearly round, concolorous
with skin, but slightly shining."
Arcliips braiiniaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 19-22 mm.
Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen brownish-gray, with a darker collar between
head and thorax ; antenna whitish-gray, annulated above with darker gray ; legs
whitish -gray, powdered with fuscous.
Forewing: shades of light and dark gray, with three velvety brown spots,
forming an oblique fascia from base of dorsal margin to costa at outer third. The
ground color is whitish-gray, finely and closely dotted with a darker gray, and
slightly lighter on outer end of wing. The male costal fold, which is broad and
long, is dark gray. At inner eighth of dorsal margin is a narrow velvety dark
brown fascia to middle of wing at inner third, separated from it by a gray shade
is a large flattened oblong spot extending from upper edge of cell at middle to
anal angle, only the upper edge of this spot is dark brown, all of the lower part
being a light grayish-brown ; from the dark biown upper part a spur is sent out-
ward. A similar dark brown spot on costa at outer third is separated from the
middle spot by leaden-gray shade, edged with whitish gray, this costal spot is
twice as long on costa as its vertical thickness, and its lower edge is rounded;
from the outer edge of this spot a streak of lighter brown runs into termen at
lower third, between this latter and the middle spot is an ovate spot of leaden-
gray. There is a black dot in costa before apex and one on termen just below
apex, and a broken. line of black scales below the latter. Cilia concolorous.
Hindwing: smoky gray, whitish above cell, cilia whitish, with a dark basal
line. Underside both wings gray, forewing darker.
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70 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Seven specimeus : (/inciniiati, Ohio, June 15th and 17tli, Miss
Annette F. Braun ; New Brighton, Pa., June 22d, F. A. Merrick.
This species will come next to Archips grisea Rob., which its color
scheme resembles.
I'aiideinis pyrusaua sp. nov.
Expanse, % , 22 mm. ; 9 ? 26 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax liglit brown, outer joint of palpi and antenna fuscous-
brown ; abdomen white, anal tuft and legs yellowish-white, latter powdered with
brown.
Forewing: light ochreous-brown, with the usual fascia of this genus of a darker
shade. The basal area is defined by a nearly obsolete line from costal fourth to
dorsal third, this line is outwardly oblique to a third below costa, between which
and dorsum it strongly curved inward ; between it and the base are more or less
obsolete parallel strigulations. The middle fascia, from middle of costa to before
anal angle, is constricted above upper fourth, below which it broadens out and
the sides are parallel. The outer Gostal spot begins at outer third, is semi-ovate,
with outer end pointed and nearly reaching apex. The dorsal margin is dusted
with blackisii-fuscous scales, and this dark shade extends up nearly to middle of
wing on the inner half of middle fascia, and slightly above dorsum on the inside
of basal line, the dark shade extends around the anal angle into the termen to
the apex, overflowing on to the cilia which is of the same color. There is a slight
dusting of this dark shade on inner fourth of costa.
Hindwing: shining white, becoming yellowish-brown at apex and with a yel-
lowish subterniinal shade, cilia white; underside the same, but the yellowish-
brown extends further into the wing.
Underside forewing: light yellowish-brown, or terra cotta, slightly darker be-
low costa on inner half and at termen, cilia blackish-fuscous. In the female the
dark shade is not so distinct on dorsal margin, and does not overspread the fascia.
Three specimens: Alameda Co., Cal., Sept., larva on leaves of
apple ; Alameda Co., Cal., June; Los Angeles Co., Cal., Coquillett.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Tortrix knkakana sp. nov.
Expanse 24 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna and thorax light brown ; abdomen light brown, white on
first segment and lateral scales on first to third segments; legs light brown,
banded and dusted with dark brown.
Forewing: clay -yellow or very light brown, vertically strigulated with daik
brown. These strigulations concentrate and form a middle fascia and costal spot
before apex. The inner edge of fascia is from inner third of costa to three-fifths
on dorsum, the outer edge from middle of costa to dorsum just before angle, the
outer line is obscurely defined below. Cilia whitish, tipped with dark brown.
Hindwing: white, speckled with fuscous along dorsal margin, and less heavily
along termen, with some scales of same color all over the wing, underside the
same, cilia white.
Underside forewing: same as upper side, with dark strigulations repeated, but
the fascia and costal spot obsolete.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 71
Two specimens: Kukak Bay, Alaska, July 1, 1899, Harriman
Expedition, '99, T. Kincairl, collector.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. ]\tus.
Torlrix iierTOsana sp. nov.
Expanse 20-22 mm.
Head, palpi, thorax and antenna light buflF-brown ; abdomen grayish-fuscous,
anal tuft creamy-white; legs creamy-white, dusted with brown.
Forewing: light brassy-brown ; all veins, especially strong beyond cell, over-
laid with fuscous. Cilia concolorous.
Hindwing: grayish-white, darker above dorsum, cilia whitish; upperside
cream color.
Underside forewing: smoky or brownish gray, dull ochreous at extreme edge
of costa and along termen, cilia whitish.
Three specimens: Winclienden, Mass., July 5th and Aug. 7th,
F. A. Merrick; Scranton, Pa., June 17th, A. E. Lister.
This species is of the shape and general appearance of T. palloraita
Rob., and may prove to be a variety of it, but can easily be sepa-
rated by the veins being overlaid with a darker shade.
Tortrix $»eniinoIaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 19-22 mm.
Head and palpi : yellowish-brown, with the outer ends of the scales and outside
of palpi reddish-brown; antenna and thorax reddish-brown; abdomen and legs
yellowish-brown, the latter dusted with reddish-brown.
Forewing: shining yellowish-brown, finely strigulated with non-shining lines
of the same color, towards the costa in inner third the yellowish-brown strigula-
tions alternate with reddish-brown. A central fascia, which is nearly obsolete,
except at costa and dorsum, obliquely cross wing from middle of costa to dorsum
before angle, it is widest below. The fascia is reddish-brown, overlaid on upper
fourth with dark leaden-fuscous scales; there are a few scales of the same color
above dorsum. The reddish-brown triangular spot on costa before apex is small
and also contains a few leaden scales. Cilia dull reddish-brown.
Hindwing: clay-yellow, cilia paler ; underside the same.
Underside forewing: very light golden-brown, with a few darker brown scales
on costa near base, and a pinkish-brown shade in middle of wing. In some
specimens the leaden scales are not present.
Eight specimens : all collected by Wm. Beutenmiiller in Florida.
Tortrix cockerellaua sp. nov.
Expanse 21-24 mm.
Head: pale yellowish-fawn, whitish within; antenna light fawn, basal joint
darker; thorax light fawn, posterior tuft and outer end of patagia white; abdo-
men yellowish-white, anal tuft light fawn ; legs whitish, heavily banded with
dark brown and fawn.
Forewing: light fawn, rather evenly mottled with shining whitish spots in
oblique lines. There are ten of the spots on costa between base and apex, the
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72 AMKKICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
spots reaching to top of cell ; there are three to four rows of horizontal spots be-
neath the costal spots. The spots are separated by the light fawn ground color,
which forms irregular oblique lines. There is a line of black scales from middle
of wing in upper third of cell and passing through the end of it between veins
6 and 7, it stops before termen and the black scales on the outer end are more
scattered ; within the cell, above the black line, are two long and narrow pure
white shining spots, the black line rounding the lower edge of each, outside the
cell is a similar white spot below the black line, with a shoit spur of black around
the outer edge. There are a few scattered black scales in the fold between inner
fifth and dorsum. Cilia shining, whitish-fawn.
Hind wing: above and below pure white, with a few light fuscous scales below
costa.
Underside forewing: whitish-fawn, with a pink or llesh-color tinge, paler along
costa.
Eight specimens : Glenwood Springs, Colo., Aug. and Sept., re-
ceived from Dr. Dietz, but probably collected by Dr. Barnes; one
specimen, U. S. Nat. Mus., "Colo, 2758"; Lamy, New Mexico,
Sept. 17th, Cockerel), No. 5642.
Types in U. S. Nat. Mus.
The appearance of this insect is somewhat like T. houstonana
Grote.
> Tortrix chioccana sp. nov.
Expanse 12-14 mm.
Head: golden-brown and ferruginous; palpi light brown, outer end of tuft
on outside shaded with ferruginous; antenna light brown beneath, annulated
with ferruginous above ; thorax golden brown and ferruginous, patagia darker ;
abdomen and legs pale ochreish, latter dusted with brown.
Forewing: golden-brown, with the scales frequently tipped with ferruginous
and mottled with light fawn. The most conspicuous markings are on costa in
upper third of wing ; before the middle of costa is a large Indian-red spot, curved
on under side, which reaches one-third below costa, in it are two vertical light
plum color costal spots; close to base is a smaller Indian-ied spot, with a plum
color center; between these two is a spot of shining pale fawn, divided by a
faint ferruginous line; a similar pale fawn spot is beyond the larger red spot;
these two light spots continue as fascia to dorsal margin ; beyond this is a wider
but narrower Indian-red spot with two faint costal yellowish dots, beyond this
and into apex the color is pale yellow'isb-fawn. In the outer end of wing beyond
cell are three or four vertical lines of shining scales, whitish, with a faint lila-
ceous tinge ; in the upper half of this space, between the shining lines, is a deeper
red shade, in which are tiny dots or buttons of raised scales. Cilia shining pink,
pale ochreish at apex.
Hind wing: cream color within, coppery around margins, cilia the same shade,
but shining; underside coppery.
Underside forewing: light coppery-brown.
Four specimens : Palm Beach, Fia., bred by Dr. Dyar from lar-
vae webbing the leaves of Chiococca racemosa ; record Nos. 15,485,
15,615, and 15,619.
W. D. KlEARFOTT. 73
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus.
This species was determined as Cacoecia georgiana Walk., with
a query, by Prof. Fernald, for Dr. Dyar's paper on " Notes on the
Winter Lepidoptera of Cape Worth, Fla.," Ent. Soc. Wash., Vol.
IV, p. 466, 1901.
Tortrix albiconiaiia Clem., and varieties.
I have a large series of fifty or more specimens of this species, and
find they separate very nicely into four well-defined varieties, with
practically no connecting links. Clemen's type, which is well pre-
served in the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, is of the
pale lemon-yellow and ochreous form, with only a trace of the ferru-
ginous shading. I have already described, in Can. Ent., XXXVII,
p. 9, 1905, as var. semipurpurana, the form in which all of the fore-
wing is very dark purple, except a narrow basal area, a narrow
band around termen and apex, and a costal spot of yellow, and now
propose the following names to identify the other two varieties.
dorsipurpiirana var. nov.
Like type, excepting the extreme donsnl edge is stained with dark purple, en-
larging at inner and outer fourth and contracted in the middle.
Three specimens: Chicago, 111., June, J. H. Reading; New
Brighton, Pa., June 22d, F. A. Merrick.
curvalaiia var. nov.
Like type, except the forewing is overcast with a bright ochreish-red, except
at the base, and narrowly on termen, which are yellow, and a round yellowish
spot in middle of wing at end of cell. A distinguishing feature of this variety is
a wide, sweeping curve from outer third of costa to anal angle, which outlines the
ochreish-red area.
Ten specimens : Montclair and Essex Co., N. J., June 14th to
28th ; one specimen bred from larva on huckleberry.
I think careful breeding may develop the fact that we have more
than one species in the above. Besides huckleberry, they have been
bred from rose and oak. I believe there is only one brood. The
larvae are among the earliest in the spring, feeding on young leaves
in the bud before they have unfolded.
Phalonia baiia sp. nov.
Expanse 12-14 mm.
Head and thorax rich brown, speckled with darker and lighter dots; palpi
creamy-brown, dotted with darker scales; antenna creamy-brown, obscurely
darker between joints ; abdomen dark brown ; anal tuft ochreous.
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74 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Forewing : rich chocolate-brown, mottled with dark brown especially on costa
and outer margin, and with two prominent fasciae or patches of irridescent pink
raised scales.
There is a fascia of pink, broadest on costa, enclosing the basal area. It runs
obliquely inward to dorsum. Above the middle it is traversed by two brown
strigulse; adjoining it, on the dorsal margin, is a rounded spot of shining raised
black scales, mixed with a few whitish scales. Between this fascia and the base
along the dorsum are three small patches of pink scales. There is a long oblique
streak of pink scales from the middle of the dorsal margin to the costa. Just
before the apex and at the middle of the wing it connects with a large circle of
the same scales, which occupies the outer third of wing, and encloses an immense
ocellic spot. Beyond this circle there is only a flattened triangular patch of the
ground color, heavily overlaid with black, running from the costa at apex to
middle of outer margin. Between the inner fascia and the outer line of pink
scales the ground color forms a well-defined brown band, with the patch of black
and white raised scales at its lower end. The costal edge beyond the middle is
tinged with rose pink (not metallic), and between the inner fascia and the apex
is marked with six black dashes. About nine small black dots are on the costa
between base and outer edge of inner fascia. A fine line of black outlines the
lower half of the outer margin above the anal angle. There is a small circle of
pink raised scales in the apex enclosing a small spot of leaden-metallic scales.
This circle is half in the wing proper and half in the cilia. The cilia is brown
and ochreous-brown, heavily overlaid with pink and leaden-metallic scales.
Hindwing brown, cilia paler; underside pale brown with dark brown strigulse.
Underside foi'ewing deep smoky-brown, with costa thickly dotted with creamy-
white spots.
Two specimens: Chicago, 111., June, J. H. Reading.
Phalonia zaraciina sp. nov.
Expanse 13 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna, thorax, abdomen, and legs creamy-white or whitish-fawn.
Forewing: the basal area is whitish-fawn, rather heavily powdered with brown
on costa and below it towards base. Its outer edge begins at inner fourth of dor-
sum, and curving slightly outwardly ends at middle of costa. Following this is
a broad reddish-brown fascia ; its outer edge begins at outer third of dorsum and
ends at outer third of costa, slightly curving inward at upper end. The space
beyond is a light ochreous-brown, dusted with darker scales at apex. Cilia whitish.
Hindwing: above and below whitish-fawn ; cilia the same. Underside fore-
wing light coppery-brown.
«
Two specimens: Central N. Y., June 6th, and northern Illinois;
both from Dr. Dietz.
This species may be a variety of P. straminoides Grote, which it
resembles. Beyond the central fascia of straminoides is a shade of
the same color as before the fascia, distinctly outlining it on both
sides. In zaracana the fascia and outer part of wing are all dark
and in strong contrast to the light basal area.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 75
Phaloiiia bi»«cana sp. nov.
Expanse 15-23 mm.
Head : light ochreous-brown on top and in front, darker on sides; palpi, inside
light ochreous-brown, darker outside; antenna, light fuscous; thorax, light
brown, posterior and tips of patagia lighter; abdomen and legs light ochreous,
latter dusted with brown.
Forewing: Narrow and pointed, light brown, with several obscure lines and
fasciae of a darker shade of brown ; in some specimens these are almost obsolete.
In the most plainly marked they occur as follows: from inner fifth of costa
obliquely outward to inner third of wing a third below costa; thence equally
oblique inward to a third above dorsum, where it disappears. A similar line
starts from middle of costa to end of cell, thence inward to dorsum, a little beyond
middle. A narrow terminal line running into apex with an indentation a third
below costa; a V-shaped mark on outer fifth of costa ; cilia concolorous.
Hind wing and underside of both wings shining gray, slightly ochreous along
costa of forewing.
Thirty specimens: Essex County Park, N. J., July 15th to Sept.
12th ; New Brighton, Pa., Aug. 24th, F. A. Merrick ; Dalton,
Glenburn, and Carbondale, Pa., July 29th to Aug. 6th, A E. Lis-
ter; Orono, Maine, Prof. P^ernald ; No. 39,455, H. G. Dyar.
Phaloiiia biscana var. giscaiia var. nov.
Expanse 13-15 mm.
Similar to above, except that the head parts and thorax are a lighter brown,
the forewing a light ochreous-brown. The fascia and lines are a fuscous-brown
and well defined on the pale ground color.
Eight specimens: Essex County Park, July 24th to Sept. 15th ;
one specimen from Prof. P^ernald ; no locality label, probably Orono,
Maine.
Phaloiiia bomoiiaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 14-16 mm.
Head : Shining dirty white; palpi dull white, ochreish-brown on outside, api-
cal joint brown; antenna fuscous-brown ; thorax dirty white, stained with yel-
lowish in front and at base of patagia; abdomen white with a faint pink tinge*
tuft bleached straw; legs whitish, dusted and banded with blackish-fuscous.
Forewing: dirty white, with an inner and outer fascife, each consisting of sev-
eral ochreish-red and reddish-brown spots, separated from each other and out-
lined by shining white lines. The inner fascia is composed of a round spot on
inner fourth of costa, a flattened oval spot in middle of wing, and a shade on
dorsal margin. The outer fascia begins as a dark brown streak on outer third of
costa, which enlarges into a large oblique oval spot of Indian red, with a horizon-
tal streak of pale ochi-e through the middle of it. At end of cell, over base of
veins 3, 4, and 5, is a smaller spot, and on dorsal margin a triangular spot with
its outer angle in anal angle. There is a broad terminal baud of dirty yellow and
brown ; before it, between veins 4 and 6, a similar broader band ; between 6 and
7, a long horizontal streak, and a similar shade between 2 and 4; a shade of
coppery-red below costa at base. The costa is blackish-brown on the inner fourth.
TBANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. MAECH, 1907.
76 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA,
Between tlie fasciae are two dots, and between outer fascia and apex four to six
moie of the same color. There is a small rounded spot of reddisli-brown below
costa at outer fifth. Cilia whitish.
Hindwing: dark purplish-gray ; cilia white, underside paler; underside fore-
wing dark purplish-gray ; the outer half of costa dull ochreous, with a dark spot
at end of each vein.
Three specimens : Chicago, 111., June, J. H. Reading ; Hastings,
Fla., March 19th, W. G. Dietz, collected by A. J. Brown.
Plialonia ziscana sp. nov.
Expanse 19 mm.
Head : light fawn, shaded with darker above eyes, cream-white, dark fawn on
outside; antenna pale fawn ; thorax pale fawn, streaked with darker fawn ; ab-
domen and legs grayish-fawn, latter banded and powdered with dark fuscous.
Forewing: light fawn, marked with reddish-fawn and silvery-white lines.
There is a streak of reddish-fawn from base to inner fourth between top of cell
and costa, its outer edge oblique, and with a darker oblique shade in the middle;
below this is a large dark fawn spot, narrow at base, broadening outward, reach-
ing inner third in middle of wing; its outer edge oblique, surrounded by shining
white line. In middle of costa a narrow oblique band goes to top of cell ; it is
darkest on costa. Below is a small, flattened ovate Indian-red spot, circled by
shining white at end of cell ; below is a paler spot of the same size, below which
is a large spot on dorsum, its upper half Indian-red and lower half pale fawn.
Both of these spots are enclosed by shining white lines. A line of shining white
runs from apex to anal angle; between it and termen is a line of olivaceous-fawn.
From the outer fifth of costa a shining white line runs into apex, enclosing a
light brown costal spot, and separated from the vertical white line by a small dot
of fawn. The light fawn interspaces are more or less streaked with a light oli-
vaceous shade. Cilia light fawn, the lower half preceded by a shining white line
which cuts into the cilia.
Hiudwing: shining fuscous, cilia paler ; underside the same. Underside fore-
wing dark fuscous, lighter along costa, with dark dots at end of each vein.
Two specimens: Hastings, Fla., Feb. 26th, A. J. Brown.
This species, bomonana and obliquana, are all of the same general
design. The arrangement of spots and the colors are sufficiently
different to distinguish them.
Fhalonia carinelaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 11-12.5 mm.
Head, palpi, and thorax hoary gray; antennae yellowish-gray; abdomen light
fuscous; anal tuft and legs bleached straw, latter banded and dusted with
blackish-brown.
Forewing: whitish-gray, finely speckled with black. Some of these black dots
are irregularly arranged in lines, one from outer three-fifths of costa to anal angle
and one from outer fourth of costa to lower third of termen ; between latter and
apex a shorter line from costa. This linear arrangement is not at all constant.
There is a shade of pale brown from dorsum at middle to middle of wing. A
similar streak crosses veins at end of cell, running into cilia above anal angle,
W. D. KEARFOTT. 7 I
and a smaller patch before apex ; below costa, from base to inner third, is a streak
of pale ochreous. Cilia wliitish-gray, speckled with black : the black dots are
concentrated at the ends of the veins.
Hindwing: light pinkish-gray; cilia paler, with a darker basal line, underside
the same. Underside forewing smoky fuscous, with a narrow edging of pale yel-
low on costa; cilia leaden-metallic.
Twenty-three specimens: Carmelby the Sea, Monterey Co., Cal.,
April, and San Luis Obispo, Cal., March, by Arthur H. Vachell.
Phalonia carmelaua var. obispoaiia var. nov.
I have a number of specimens similar to the above, excepting that
the brown dorsal and other brown shades are entirely wanting, and
in some specimens the black dots are nearly obsolete. I am inclined
to think this is a good species, which the discovery of the food plant
and breeding will determine.
Fourteen specimens : San Luis Obispo, Cal., March, collected by
A. H. Vachell.
Phalonia wiscana sp. nov.
Expanse 17.5 mm.
Head : hoary white, collar faintly tinged with yellow ; palpi grayish-white in-
side, ochreous-brown outside; antenna yellowish-gray; thorax grayish-white,
speckled with fuscous; abdomen grayish-fuscous; legs yellowish-white, dusted
and banded with blackish-brown.
Forewing: creamy-white, more or less mottled with light wood brown. The
basal area is almost uniformly cream-white ; its outer edge extends from inner
fourth of dorsum to middle of costa. It is very faintly strigulatcd with pale fus-
cous, with a darker shade of same color in inner fourth of costa. This is succeeded
by a narrow light brown fascia with irregular edges, broadest on dorsuu), and
ending beyond middle of costa with a darker spot. Beyond tliis is an irregular
creamy-white and mottled fascia, extending on costa to outer fourth and below
middle of wing, dividing and sending one fork to middle of dorsum and one to
anal angle. The forks enclose a triangular mottled gray-brown dorsal patch.
From the costa a narrow curved cream-white band leaves the fascia, reaching
termen below middle and follows it to anal angle, where it joins the outer fork
of the fascia. It encloses a large oval patch, gray-brown, containing a few black
scales in upper end. Beyond the upper half of this curved band, and outlining
the apex, is a curved narrow band of brown and black from outer fifth of costa
to middle of termen. This is the most conspicuous mark on the wing. Beyond
it is a narrow band of cream-white, mottled with pink, outside of which are short
brown lines in apex. Cilia whitish towards base and yellowish outwardly, divided
by a light fuscous line and marked with fuscous spots at end of each vein.
Hindwing and underside forewing smoky fuscous; underside hindwing yel-
lowish-gray, mottled with light fuscous-brown on upper half and before termen.
One specimen : Milwaukee Co., Wis., F. R. collector, from Dr.
Dietz's collection.
TRANS. AM. BNT. SOC. XXXIII. MARCH, 1907.
78 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Plialonia basiochreaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 18 mm.
Head, palpi, thorax, and basal area of forewing light ochreous; antenna and
abdomen yellowish-fuscous; legs whitish, dusted with blackish-brown.
Forewing: the ochreous basal area extends to inner third on costa and inner
fourth on dorsal margin. It is shaded with fuscous at base of costa. There is a
large triangular patch of grayish-purple in middle of wing, widest on dorsum,
where it extends from yellow basal area to anal angle. It does not reach costa,
but ends at top of cell, where the apex of the triangle is flattened. On the middle
of costa is a small square spot of grayish-purple, separated from the large lower
patch by a yellow line. Below this are two superimposed spots of black sur-
rounded by yellowish-brown. These spots are in the large purple area. Beyond
the end of cell is a lunate spot of dull ochreous enclosing a black spot in its upper
end. A narrow band of the same color curves outwardly from outer fifth of costa
to lower third of termeu, thence into anal angle, where it joins the lower end of
the lunate spot ; this band encloses black spots at costa and above middle. There
is a short dash of dull ochreous from costa before apex and an irregular marginal
line of the same color from apex to middle of termen. The interspaces between
these ochreous bands and spots are grayish-purple, tending to become white below
costa; the bands and spots are irregularly outlined with shining white scales.
Cilia white with an ochreous tinge, and interrupted by three ochreous spots on
upper half, one of which is in apex.
Hind wing: liliaceous-gray; cilia paler; underside whitish, heavily mottled
with light fuscous on upper half and before termeu. Underside forewing smoky
purple; cilia light ochreous, divided by a darker line.
One specimen : Los Angeles, Cal., June, collected by Bevery
Letcher.
Phalonia cincinnalana sp. nov.
Expanse 14-16 mm.
Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-gray; antenna yellowish-gray; abdomen
grayish -fuscous ; legs whitish, banded and dusted with blackish-))rown.
Forewing: inner three-quarters whitish-gray, lightly strigulated with light
fuscous. A streak of light ocbreous-brown from base to inner fourth below costa,
and a well defined fascia of the same color from middle of dorsum obliquely out-
ward to upper vein of cell, with a fuscous spot above it on costa. The outer fourth
of wing is ochreous-brown, with a darker brown fascia through it from outer
fifth of costa to lower third of termen. The nariow terminal line is black. Cilia
ochreous-brown, mottled with black.
Hindwing: smoky gray, cilia paler; underside whitish-gray, reticulated out-
wardly with fuscous. Underside forewing dark ochreous-brown, mottled with
ochreous along costa and termen.
Four specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio, April 23d to 30th, Miss An-
nette F. Braun.
Fhalouia discana sp. nov.
Expanse 12-13.5 mm.
Head : light brown on top ; face gray-brown ; palpi whitish-gray inside, gray-
brown outside; outer end of tuft and apical joint black; thorax gray-brown,
with four longitudinal black lines; abdomen yellowish-gray; legs whitish, dusted
and banded with blackish-brown.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 79
Foiewing: gray-brown, sparsely speckled with whitish-gray scales; the ex-
treme costal edge is marked with a number of small geminate pinkish-ochreous
spots, separated and divided by short black lines. There is a wood brown fascia
in middle of wing, caused by absence of the whitish specks. It is narrow on
costa, enlarging below and covering outer end of cell, cut by a line of ground
color on fold, leaving a rounded spot below between fold and dorsum. There is
a similar patch beyond end of cell, involving anal angle and lower third of ter-
men. A line of black scales outlines it on outer and upper edges, and a similar
line cut through it on outer side, paralleling the outer edge. There is a flattened
tuft of raised scales in middle of wing at end of cell and another near base of
vein eight; also one at anal angle. These tufts, with the outside black lines,
form a nearly complete circle, and, as the black lines are finely edged with
whitish and a few whitish scales occur in the tufts, the circle, under a low-power
glass, appears white. Beyond the black line the apical margin is brown, with a
sinuate white edged black line from costa crossing it. Cilia pinkish-gray, with a
gray and black spot at end of each vein.
Hindwing: light gray, brownish at apex; cilia grayish-white, preceded by a
broad, darker and a thin, paler line; underside the same. Underside forewing
smoky brown, dull ochreous, dotted with brown on costa.
Eight specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 17th to 31st, Miss
Braun ; Plunimer's Island, Md., Aug., A. Busck.
Co types in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Commophila huachucana sp. nov.
Expanse 22-27 mm.
Head and palpi pure white; a few brownish scales on outer end of palpi, out-
side ; thorax white, with a yellowish tinge; patagia pure white; antenna and
abdomen light brownish-white; anal tuft ochreous-brown ; legs yellowish-white,
dusted with ochreous-brown.
Forewing: basal area pure white, shaded below costa with light fuscous-brown
and a few bluish scales. This area extends to inner third on dorsum and nearly
to middle on costa. It is toothed outwardly below costa and above dorsum.
Beyond it is a broad central fascia of light brown, on which is a horizontal dash
of black in middle of wing and a black spot below it. The outer edge is very
irregular; a rounded spur leaves it at upper and lower edges of cell and one at
dorsum. The outer portion of wing is of the same color as middle fascia, except
a large patch of white on upper half, from fascia to outer sixth, which sends a
whitish shade to anal angle. The latter is more or less overlaid with light brown,
and its outer edge is indented in middle of wing. Before the apes the brown
area is rather heavily overlaid with dark brown and black, forming a large cres-
cent-shaped black spot with a leaden band through the middle. The dorsal
margin below the fascia and white shade is dotted with black. The termen is
mottled with brown and cream-white, arranged in irregular lines. Cilia whitish,
mottled with fuscous.
Hindwing: grayish-brown, reticulated with a darker shade; underside gray-
ish-white, heavily reticulated with grayish-brown. Underside forewing smoky
brown ; outer half of costa spotted and upper half of termen streaked with dull
ochreous.
TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXXIII. MABCH, 1907.
80 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Three specimens : Cochise Co., Ariz., Aug. 1st, from Geo. Franck ;
Las Vegas, N. Max., U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Huachuca Mountains,
Ariz., Aug. 8th to 19th; collector, Dr. W. Barnes; received from
U. S. Nat. Mus.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Phalonia vachelliana sp. nov.
Expanse 13-17.5 mm.
Head: ochveous above and in front, dark brown on side; palpi ochreous,
blackish-brown outside; antenna gray; tburax black; abdomen gray; legs yel-
lowish-white, powdered and banded with blackish-brown.
Forewing; inner two-thirds grayish-black, outer third cream color. A shade
of light brown and cream, mixed with black scales, crosses the dark area from
inner fourth of dorsum to costa ; it spreads outwardly below costa to inner third.
There is a rectangular black costal spot in middle of light area; in middle of
wing below it is a smaller blackish spot, and a third one on dorsum before anal
angle. Inside of the latter is a brown spot, outlined with cream-white. The
light area is shaded with' waves of a slightly darker color and with a shining
cream-white line. At the apex is a small blackish shade and a faint spot on costa
before apex. Cilia cream -white.
Hindwing: gray; underside darker gray, with indistinct darker dots. Under-
side forewing smoky black; cilia ochreous, preceded by a broad, blackish line
and a narrow ochreous line.
Eight specimens : Cisco, Placer Co., Cal., April and June ; col-
lected by Arthur H. Vachell.
Phalonia listerana sp. nov.
Expanse 11-12 mm.
Head and thorax coppery-brown; face, base of antenna, and palpi pale ochre-
ous; abdomen fuscous; legs whitish, dusted with dark bi'own.
Forewing: base, middle fascia, and fascia before termen coppery-brown,
streaked across top of cell with ochreous, and usually outlined with ochreous.
The interspaces, consisting of a fascia at inner fourth and one from beyond mid-
dle of costa to anal angle, purple madder. The basal area is from inner fifth of
costa to inner fifth of dorsal margin, outwardly convex. It is somewhat overlaid
with purple madder towards base. The middle fascia is from middle of costa
constricted a third below, then broadens to double its costal width at dorsum,
where it extends from a little beyond middle to anal angle. The outer brown
fascia occupies all of the outer fourth on costa. Its outer edge is straight to lower
third of termen ; its inner edge, a third below costa, curves outward, then down-
ward to termen above.apex. Between this and termen is a narrow band of purple
madder, which latter color overflows in the cilia.
Hindwing: smoky black; cilia grayish-white, underside- dark gray. Under-
side forewing dark smoky brown ; outer ends of cilia dull ochreous.
Four specimens : Nicholson, Pa., July 4th and 6th, A. E. Lister.
Olethreiites islandaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 14-15 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna, and thorax light ochreous-brown ; thorax darker brown
in front ; abdomen yellowish-gray ; anal tuft pale ochreous ; legs yellowish-white ■
front tarsi handed with blackish-brown.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 81
Forewing: inner half mottled dull ochreous, ochreous-brown, and black in
vertical strigulation. The outer edge of this area is a line of black scales from
middle of dorsum to outer three-f:fths of costa. The outer part of wing is of the
same vertical strigulated appearance, but the color is cream-white, the strigula-
tions inwardly are pinkish-yellow, and in outer third shining cream color. At
the end of cell there is a small circle of black scales, and a black dot at end of
each vein from outer fourth of costa around termen to anal angle. There is a
subapical line of black, one dot on each vein. The inner fourth of dorsal margin
IS rather heavily powdered with black, this streak running to middle of base.
Each of the black strigulations begins with a black dot or dash on costa.
Hind wing: brownish-gray, underside paler and reticulated with darker brown.
Underside forewing ochreous-brown.
Two specimens: Plummer's Island, Md., May; A. Busck, col-
lector.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Pbalonia formonana sp. nov.
E.xpanse 13-15 mm.
Head: cream-white, brownish on sides; palpi cream-white, ochreous-brown
outside; apical joint black; antenna brownish-gray ; thorax cream-white ; pata-
gia and posterior end of tuft ochreous-brown; abdomen mottled gray and fus-
cous, tuft dull ochreous; legs cream-white, heavily dusted and banded with
blackish-brown.
Forewing: cream-white, with dark central fascia and ochreous-brown outer
third. The middle fascia is ochreous-brown, dotted with black on edges of lower
two-thirds, and narrowly black on extreme costal edge; its inner edge is from
inner third of dorsum to middle of costa. The lower end is broader than the
upper. The cream color bordering it on each side is edged with shining scales.
The inner fourth of costa is ochreous-brown, dotted with black, with two black
dashes between this and fascia. A shade of light ochreous-brown spreads from
inner fourth of costa to middle of wing, with a lighter shade overspreading the
cream-white except narrowly on dorsum and outer edge of the white area. Be-
tween the middle dark fascia and dark outer third is a narrow cream-white fascia
broad on costa, contracted at middle of wing, and broadening again to dorsum^
where it is marked with three blackish dots. The outer third contains a large
patch of dull ochreous from end of cell, touching costa as a dot at its outer edge
and curve of termen at anal angle as two dots. There are two blackish dots, one
on costa before apex and one in apex, that send a darker fascia-like streak to
middle of wing; the inner edge is outlined with shining white, and the outer
edge continues as a shining white streak nearly to anal angle. The upper part
of this dark streak is overlaid with leaden-black scales, and a horizontal line of
black crosses middle of the whole area from end of cell. Ciliadull ochreous-white
by reflected light.
Hindwing: light purplish-gray; cilia whitish, divided near base by darker
line. Underside the same but paler. Underside forewing smoky black ; costal
spots repeated as light ochreous.
Eleven specimens : San Luis Obispo, Cal., March and July A
H. Vachell.
TBANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. (11) MARCH, 1907.
82 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Plialonia maiaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 7.5-9 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna, thorax, legs, and abdomen cream-white, — last gray above
on outer segments before the anal segment.
Forewing: cream-white, shaded with blackish-brown on inner two-thirds of
costa, and four or five dots of same color on dorsum. From middle of dorsum a
narrow, outwardly oblique fascia, with parallel edges, goes to middle of wing.
From the middle of costa a similar semifascia goes to middle of wing. The inner
edge of the costal and the outer edge of the dorsal fasciae run together. From
costa before apex a narrow fascia goes to termen just above tornus, diminishing
in width below. Beyond it in apex is a shade of ochreous-brown containing a
darker costal spot, and a dark spot in the apex is the beginning of a dark tei-
minal line. There is an ochreous streak through middle of wing from middle to
outer fascia. The central and other fasciae are brown dotted with black, espe-
cially along their margins. Beyond and parallel with the dorsal fascia are sev-
eral blackish dorsal streaks. Cilia mottled, gray, brown, and black.
Hindwing: light brownish-gray, cilia lighter; underside light yellowish-gray,
reticulated with light brown towards apex. Underside forewing light brown ;
between veins, in outer half of costa, cream color; the outer fascia repeated
strongly, and the middle fascia lightly in black.
Sixteen specimens : Essex Co., N. J., Great Notch, May 4th to
17th.
Phaloiiia siiblepidana sp. nov.
Expanse 8.5-11 mm.
Head: bright yellow, darker on top; palpi yellow, dusted with darker out-
side; antenna yellowish-gray; thorax brown, posterior edge and patagia bright
yellow; abdomen above fuscous and tuft light ochreous ; legs light gray, dusted
with brown in front.
Forewing: basal third and terminal fourth bright yellow with horizontal
streaks of ochreous. Between these yellow patches is a blackish-brown patch in
the form of a large H, the two upper bars touching the costa and there edged
with cream-white, the two lower bars touching dorsum. Between these, both
above and below the horizontal bar, are patches of ochreous-yellow. The dark
color of the figure H is outlined with shining steely-gray scales. There is a sub-
apical line of shining cream-yellow. The inner half of costa is narrowly shaded
with brown. Cilia ochreous.
Hindwing: purplish-black, cilia paler, with a broad darker line near base;
underside grayish-purple. Underside forewing ochreous-brown internally, ochre-
ous around margins.
Five specimens: Essex County Park, July 4th to 7th ; Caldwell,
N. J., July 1st to 8th.
This species is close to lepidana Clem., and I have had it so
labelled with a query for some years, but a recent comparison with
Clemen's type in the American Entomological Society's collections
proves it to be distinct, I also positively identified as lepidana a
long series of specimens caught several years ago resting on, and
W. D. KEARFOTT. 83
flying up from when disturbed, common horse-mint (probably Men-
tha longifolia) in Jefferson Co., W. Va., at the end of July. Nu-
merous small Tortricid larvae were later found in the seeds and dried
flower sheaths, but I did not succeed in rearing them.
Phalonia aiirorana sp. nov.
Expanse 11-13 mm.
Head : speckled gray and brown ; palpi cream-white inside, shaded with
blackish -brown below and outside; antenna light brownish-fuscous; thorax light
pinkish-white, with a dark pink median streak ; patagia grayish-brown ; abdo-
men light gray, anal tuft pale ochreous; legs cream color, shaded with brown in
front.
Forewing: shining pin-k, with obscure ochreous-brown fascia and spots as fol-
lows: an outwardly oblique fascia from middle of dorsum to costa beyond mid-
dle ; a narrow fascia from costa before apex to middle of termen ; a rounded spot
in lower half of wing above tornus. The lower half of the middle fascia is sprin-
kled with black scales on both sides. There is a small patch of black scales in
middle of subapical fascia, and also on the inner and upper edges of the round
spot above tornus. There are a few black scales in the shining pink ground
color between the middle fascia and round spot, and above the round spot the
inner half of costa is very narrowly edged with black. Cilia ochreous, preceded
by a black terminal line, and spotted with five evenly spaced patches of black
scales between apex and tornus. The black scales are longer than the ochreous
scales of the cilia, and each of the five patches sends a little prominence beyond
the outer ciliate line.
Hind wing: very light yellowish-gray, cilia paler; underside the same, with a
row of brown dots between veins 5 and 6. Underside forewing smoky brown ;
outer half of costa dotted with pale pink ; ciliate spots repeated.
Eight specimens : Essex County Park, N. J., light trap, Aug.
22d to Sept. 7th ; Kennebunkport, Maine, from Dr. Holland's col-
lections, Carnegie Museum, collected by G. H. Clapp, August.
Phalonia voxcana sp. nov.
Expanse 12.5-13.5 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna, and thorax very pale whitish-ochreous ; abdomen gray :
legs whitish, dusted in front with brown.
Forewing: basal area grayish-white, witli a faint pinkish tinge, lightly dotted
on costa with brown. Central fascia broadest on dorsum, roughly triangulai-,
reddish-brown, shaded with black on edges of lower half, and a horizontal streak
across middle. Beyond this is a large round spot,— the outer edges shining pink,
the interior light pinkish-brown, with a horizontal black streak through the
middle and an obscure shade of blackish on its outer half. Above this the costa
is shining pink, marked with three blackish-brown dots. The terminal edge
and cilia are shining pink, shaded with blackish at apex.
Hind wing: gray, cilia very slightly paler ; underside gray, mottled on upper
half with brown. Underside forewing smoky black ; costal and terminal edges
dull ochreous.
TKANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXXIII. MAECH, 1907.
84 AMKKICAN LEPIDOPXERA. i
Four specimens: Hampton, N. H., Aug. 24th, S. A, Shaw;
Ottawa, Can., Aug. 16th, C. H. Young; Kennebunkport, Maine,
July and August, collected by G. H. Clapp, from the Carnegie
Museum,
I'halonia vi!«cana sp. nov.
Expanse 12 mm.
Head, palpi, antenna, thorax, and abdomen light gray, mottled with darker
gray; palpi ochreous-brown outside; legs cream-white, sliaded with dark brown
in front.
Forewing: the basal area is whitish, rather heavily overlaid on and below
c'.osta, on dorsal and outer margin and at base with blackish-fuscous. The oblique
middle fascia is ochreous-brown, with a whitish dot above and another below
middle, both on the outer edge. The outer third of wing is pink, with a brown-
ish-pink fascia through it from costa before apex to middle of termen. This
fascia is edged on both sides with shining pink, and the same color edges the
inner side of the pink area. Outer third of costa closely spotted with grayish-
black. Terminal edge and cilia a uniform shade of ochreous. This shade ex-
tends completely around tornus to outer fifth of dorsum.
Hindwing; light gray; underside paler, with a row of blackish dots between
veins 5 and 6. Underside forewing smoky black, cilia ochreous.
One specimen : Essex County Park, N. J., May 20th.
Phalonia foxcana sp. nov.
Expanse 11-12 mm.
Head: speckled, whitish and dark gray; palpi whitish inside, grayish-brown
outside; antenna gray; thorax speckled brown and gray; posterior end of pata-
gia whitish-gray ; abdomen dark gray ; legs whitish, dusted with dark brown.
Forewing: almost uniformly dark gray, with a cinereous tinge. There is an
obscure outwardly oblique grayish-brown middle fascia and a round spot of the
same color between end of cell and termen. The costa before the middle fascia
is paler, dotted with blackish-brown ; beyond the fascia it is creamy-gray, marked
with four blackish dots, and another in the apex, which is followed by five others
evenly spaced on the terminal cilia. The dorsal margin is finely dotted with
black. The outer round spot is obscurely edged with shining scales. Cilia, be-
tween the black spots, speckled light and dark gray.
Hindwing: gray, cilia gray, with a fine whitish basal line; underside gray,
mottled with fuscous on upper half. Underside forewing smoky black; costa,
between veins on outer half, dotted with creani-wbite.
Three specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 18th, Miss Braun ;
Plummer's Island, Md., August, A. Busck.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Phalonia elderaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 12 mm.
Head, antenna, and thorax light ochreous-brown; palpi cream-white inside,
ochreous-brown outside; abdomen ochreous-gray ; anal tuft pale ochreous; legs
whitish, shaded and banded with blackish-brown.
Forewing: light shining ochreous-brown, with fascia and spots of the same
W. D. KEARFOTT. 85
shade, but not shining. The basal area is vertically strigulated with the dull
color. Its outer edge extends beyond third on both dorsal and costal margins.
It is succeeded by a dull fascia, twice angulated on both inner and outer edges,
and crossed near dorsum by a line of shining scales; above this line on fold is a
small cluster of black scales. There is an obscure dull fascia before apex, from
costa to middle of termen ; this connects with a dull shade above tornus, which
sends a streak up to end of cell. Cilia light ochreous-brown, cut at end of each
vein with darker brown. The dark color expands on the outer ends of the cilia.
Hind wing: light fuscous gray, cilia paler; underside whitish-gray, with verti-
cal brown strigulations on outer half. Underside forewing light brown, paler
around margins; costa and cilia dotted with darker brown.
Oue specimen : Bred from larva spinning together the young
terminal leaves of swamp elder, June 15th, issued July 6th, Angle-
sea, N. J.
Phalonia nonlavaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 12.5-13 mm.
Head: whitish, gray on sides; palpi white within, grayish-brown outside;
antenna light gray ; thorax dark gray in middle, patagia and posterior end tipped
with whitish ; abdomen grayish-fuscous, with a blackish band on third and sixth
segment above ; legs whitish, dusted with light brown.
Forewing: basal area outwardly oblique from dorsal third to costa between
third and middle; shining whitish, costa marked with black, two long streaks
near base and several small ones between these and middle fascia; a row of
black dots a third below costa, and a small black dot on dorsum close to base.
The middle fascia has nearly parallel edges; it is brown, somewhat broken with
whitish ground color below middle, and ending in a blackish costal spot, edged
with black lines and angling outwardly. Beyond this is a shining whitish fascia
of about the same width, but not sharply defined on either edge. It is somewhat
mottled with ochreous-brown and gray and contains two black dots on costa. The
outer edge is mottled with black, broVn, and gray. A conspicuous fascia starts
from costa before apex, reaches termen at middle, continues to tornus, and turns
up to middle of wing at end of cell. It is brown on upper third, with three black
costal dashes, black in the middle of wing, brown below and on the inner spur,
whitish and gray at tornus. There is a brown streak before apex, and the black
terminal line is inwardly edged with ochreous. Cilia light ochreous, with an
apical and five terminal blackish dashes on the outer ends only.
Hindwing: light gray, underside whitish-gray, spotted with fuscous between
veins 5 ond 6; these spots are very faintly repeated above. Underside forewing
smoky brown, with five cream-ochreous costal spots and the ciliate spots repeated.
Two specimens : New Brighton, Pa., June 20th, F. A. Merrick ;
Pittsburg, Pa., June 17th, Henry Engel.
Phalonia toxcaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 10-12 mm.
Head : white, posterior edge and over eyes shaded with gray-brown ; palpi
white within, brown speckled with black outside; antenna gray ; thorax mottled
white and gray, with a transverse, obscure black line before middle; abdomen
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86 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
shining gray-fuscous, anal tuft dull oclireous ; legs whitish, handed and powdered
with hronzy-hlack.
Forewing : pale pinkish-cream, the ground color of the outer third pale whitish-
pink. The hasal area extends beyond third on both margins. The costa is
marked with two small black dots close to base; a large rectangular blackish
spot in middle and two or three small dots between the latter and middle fascia.
There are two small blackish dots on fold close to base and a larger dot on dor-
sum near base. The outer edge below fold is speckled with black. The middle
fascia begins as a large square blackish spot on costa, obliquely outward ; below
it, inwardly, an olivaceous fascia continues to dorsum. Its edges are dentate,
on the fold and on the outer edge at dorsum are black dots. The blackish
middle costal spot sends an obscure streak of black into dorsum before tornus;
on the middle of the wing it is interrupted by a patch of shining white, and a
similar larger pinkish patch covers the dorsum between the two fascial ends.
A conspicuous fascia leaves costa before apex, curving into termen at upper
third, diminishing below; is black on costa and before apex, with a small oliva-
ceous patch between and below. It encloses a large spot of shining white, mot-
tled with gray and olivaceous. Above it is a patch of pink with two dark costal
dashes. There is a small brown shade in apex, with two dark costal spots before
apex on a pink ground. Terminal line black, cilia ochreous, outwardly dotted
with black.
Hindwiug: whitish-gray, darker around margin; cilia paler; underside the
same, shaded and dotted with dark brown below costa. Underside forewing
smoky brown, with costal and ciliate spots repeated.
Twenty specimens : Essex County Park, N. J., Aug. 16th to
Sept. 11th, light trap.
Phaloiiia zoxcana sp. nov.
Expanse 8-11 mm.
Head: dark gray ; palpi whitish within, dark brownish-gray outside ; antenna
gray; thorax gray-black, tips of patagia and posterior tuft whitish; abdomen
above fuscous, tuft ochreous; legs whitish, banded with blackish.
Forewing: basal area shining, pinkish-white, costal, dorsal and basal margins
shaded with olivaceous, and costa dotted with blackish line, a black dot on dor-
sum near base and a larger vertical streak at lower half of outer edge. The mid-
dle fascia is olivaceous-brown, edges irregular, edged with black on costa and a
black dash on fold, outwardly, in middle is a short vertical black line. The sub-
apical fascia combines with a black patch before it, in a large rounded black spot,
divided by a line of shining gray scales. Below is a patch of olivaceous-brown,
and between these dark shades and the middle fascia is an irregular fascia of
shining pink, dotted with black on costa and enclosing an olivaceous patch on
dorsum, the latter containing three black dorsal dots. Before the black terminal
line is a narrow olivaceous brown line, and before this a line of shining pink and
gray scales. Cilia divided into four ochreous and five blackish spots of about
equal size.
Hindwing: dark gray, cilia paler, with a broad, darker line near base; under-
side the same, dotted with fuscous between 5 and 6.
Underside forewing; smoky black, with costal and ciliate spots repeated.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 87
Eight specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio, May 21st to June 2d, and
Aug. 17th to 24th ; Miss Annette F. Brown.
This species is close to toxcana K., but can be separated by the
extensive black spot in apex.
Carposiiia comoiiaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 16-18 mm.
Head and thorax gray, mixed with brown and black ; pale gray within ; out-
side shaded with blackish-gray; antenna yellowish-gray; abdomen yellowish-
fuscous, anal tuft pale ochreous; legs grayish-white, front pair heavily pow-
dered with bronzy-brown.
Forewing: narrowly at base and the outer third brownish-gray ; between these
dark spaces is a wide white fascia, equal in width to half the length of wing ; across
the outer third of the white area is a curved, light fuscous fascia of spots as fol-
lows: on the costa at middle Ji bronzy-black spot, on top of cell a dark fuscous
spot, in upper half of cell a streak and in lower half a larger spot ; on dorsum at
inner third is a shade of fuscous. A narrow curved line of fuscous parallels the
upper half of outer edge of white area. The costal edge in white area is fuscous
gray. The dark basal area is widest at costa, curving convexly to dorsum, its
widest part is not more than one-seventh the length of wing. The outer edge of
white fascia is convex outwardly, starting from costa between middle and outer
third, curving to end of cell, thence inwardly to dorsal margin between middle
and outer third. The dark area of outer third is marked with an ochreous dash
on costa, apex and termen at end of each vein ; these dashes are shaded inwardly
with black ; in the middle of the dark area is a wide streak of black dots, par-
alleling the edge. At the proper angle the veins in this area are seen to be over-
laid with bronzy-brown. Cilia fuscous-gray, sparsely dotted with whitish, and
with an ochreous streak from each vein.
Hindwing: light purplish-gray, paler at dorsal edge and base, cilia with a
bronzy tinge; underside the same.
Underside forewing: blackish-gray, ochreous spots lepeated on outer half of
costa, cilia ochreous at base.
Two specimens: San Francisco, Cal. ; one from U. S. Nat Mus.,
no locality, but bearing labels " No. 2617 Apl. 22-82 " and " W.
knows nothing about it, 1 left. C. V. R. 86."
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mus.
EucoMma boxcana sp. nov.
Expanse 12-18 mm.
Head: ochreous-brown, face darker; palpi pale ochreous, brownish-ochreous
outside, apical joint dark brown ; antenna fuscous; thorax gray-brown, minutely
speckled with ochreous; abdomen and legs grayish-ochreous, latter dusted and
banded with brown.
Forewing: gray-brown ; upper half finely atomized with whitish-gray, except
ing the costal streaks, which are clear brown. There is a large white dorsal spo^
extending on dorsum from inner to outer third ; its inner edge is sharply out-
wardly oblique, the outer edge is very slighty oblique; the solid white color ex"
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88 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
tends to fold, but above fold the spot gradually shades into the ground color, dis-
appearing above middle ; there are three or four parallel brown lines in this spot,
usually extending to fold, but in some specimens one or more are merely dorsal
dots. Before and behind this white spot the ground color is darker brown. The
costa between middle and apex is marked with five long, clear, brown lines of
about equal length ; in the most intensely-marked specimens there is a grayish-
brown dot between some of the lines. There is a subapical brown line to upper
third of termen, with one or two brown dots below it in middle of terraen. The
ocellic spot is large, shining gray, with a horizontal brown dash above and an
inwardly curved brown dash below, the latter in weakly marked specimens con-
sists of an inner and outer dot ; the outer and upper sides of the ocellus are de-
fined by a curved brown line, which very faintly connects with the middle one
of the group of costal lines. Cilia gray, basally speckled with pale ochreous, and
at tornus outwardly tipped with white.
Hind wing: light grayish-brown, darker at apex, cilia grayish-white; under-
side paler.
Underside forewing : light smoky brown, slightly paler along costa and grayish
white below fold.
Ten specimens : Caldwell, N. J., May 17th ; Plummer's Island,
Md., May 11th, A. Busck ; Philadelphia, Pa., June 4th, F. Haim-
bach ; Cincinnati, Ohio, May 18-21, Miss Brown ; Kerrville, Texas,
Dr. Barnes ; Iowa, C. P. Gillette.
Cotype in U. S. Nat. Mas.
Eucosma womoiiaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 15-16 mm.
Head and palpi ochreous-gray, latter shaded with fuscous outside, apical joint
black; antenna fuscous-gray; thorax gray, patagia brown at base, ochreous-gray
outwardly; abdomen cinereous; legs light ochreous, dusted and banded with
blackish-brown.
Forewing: blackish-brown, strigulated with whitish-gray on the inner half of
the basal area, with an indistinct dorsal spot, and with costal streaks of the same
shade. The outer half of basal area is the blackish part of wing, on dorsal mar-
gin it extends beyond inner third ; the outer edge is indented, inwardly half-way
between dorsum and fold, above the fold it is obliquely inward to inner fourth of
costa. The dorsal spot in width is less than one-sixth length of wing, it ex-
tends to fold, and its inner edge sends an oblique line to inner costal spot. From
the outer fourth of costa to apex are five pairs of costal spots, the three inner
pairs are subdivided ; the second pair send long oblique lines into the inner
ocellic bar; the third pair sends lines beneath the fourth pair and curve down-
ward to a leaden spot on margin, above middle; the fifth, or subapical pair, point
toward the same spot. On the costa these marks are yellowish-white, becoming
grayish-white below, with a few grayish-metallic scales. The ocellic spot is well
within the termen, it contains three horizontal black lines, and a black dot be-
low, a broad inner bar, an outer spot above and a dot below of leaden-metallic,
edged with whitish. The subterminal line is broad, blackish-brown, finely dotted
with yellowish-white, with a white dash below apex, which curves inward and
with the outer half of the subapical costal spot, encloses a small round spot of
ground color. Cilia shining gray, tipped with yellowish.
W. D. KEARFOTT. 89
Hindwiiig: smoky fuscous, paler at base, cilia gray, with a broad darker basal
line and a faint thin darker line near outer edge.
Underside both wings: grayish-brown; forewiug darker and costal spots re-
peated.
Two specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio, June 9th and July 11th ; Miss
Brown.
Eucosnia walkeraiia sp. nov.
Expanse 10-12 mm.
Head, palpi and antenna yellowish-gray, palpi darker gray on ends; thorax
gray, abdomen light gray, legs whitish-yellow, powdered with brown.
Forewing: basal area leaden-black, a middle white fascia, outer two-fifths pale
ocbreous, slightly ferruginous in apex, mottled with black and darker lines and
dots. The basal area on dorsum extends to inner third, its outer edge is slightly
outwardly oblique to middle, then angles slightly inward reaching costa at inner
third ; it is grayish black, strigulated with darker lines and suffused with whit-
ish near base below costa ; the extreme costal edge is marked with five or six
whitish dots. The middle fascia is only half the width of basal area and is not
sharply defined on outer edge, it is constricted on upper third where it is over-
laid with gray and two leaden lines from costa. Beyond it is an ochreous-brown
fascia of about equal width, only defined on lower two-thirds of wing, on outside
edge above dorsum is a blackish brown spot connected by a line with a short ver-
tical line of same color on inner edge of fascia, below these dark spots the dorsal
edge is gray-brown, on the upper third this fascia diminishes to a line at costa.
Beyond the white fascia the costa is marked with four white spots, each contain-
ing a blackish dash. The ocellic area is pinkish-white, with vertical shining
leaden side-bars, the inner connects with the middle geminate costal spot and the
outer with the spot before apex, the connecting lines are often obscure and much
broken. There is a large triangular patch of a ferruginous-ochreous in the apical
fourth, with a few scattered black scales. Terminal line black, distinct only
above ocellic area. Cilia shining leaden, tipped with black at apex.
Hindwing: light brown, cilia whitish-gray; underside whitish gray.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, costal spots repeated.
Five specimens: bred from larvae in hazle catkins, U. S. Dept.
Agriculture, breeding No. 2917, issued June 20th to July 9th ; I
have fifteen specimens from Nicholson, Pa., July 4th to 24th, col-
lected by A. E. Lister. Five specimens: Mountain Lake Park,
Md., July 26th, Miss A. F. Braun.
The species is close to E. transmissana Walker, and is named in
honor of its author.
Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus.
Eucosma snyderana sp. nov.
Expanse 28 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax white, speckled with pale olivaceous-gray; antenna
white; abdomen gray, anal tuft white; legs whitish, banded and dusted with
dark brown.
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90 AMERICAN I.KPIDOPTERA.
Forewing: wliito, overlaid with pale gray, especially between the veins; with
a darker basal shade, large dark crescent-shaped spot on lower half of wing be-
fore anal angle and a darker terminal patch. The basal area is light brown
dotted with dark brown, it is edged outwardly with an oblique line of dark
brown dashes, interrupted on the veins, it begins at outer third of dorsum and is
defined only to upper third of wing. A gray shade in the upper third of wing
extends from base to end of cell. The crescentiform spot is broadest on dorsum,
its upper end curving inward, hook-shaped, it is inwardly edged with dark brown
dots and a cluster of the same on its outer edge. Before the termen are two ver-
tical irregalar lines of brown dots. There is a large quadrate brown spot in apex,
and a similar but paler one on lower third of termen. Costa white, dotted with
dark brown. Cilia whitish, gray at base.
Hindwing: light grayish-fuscous, cilia whitish, with darker line near base;
underside lighter.
Underside forewing: smoky gray, costa darker dotted with white.
One S specimen : Blackfoot, Idaho, June 3d, Arthur J. Snyder.
Euco^nia idahoaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 21 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax olivaceous-yellow, posterior sides of thorax edged with
silver; antenna cream-white, annulated with olivaceous; abdomen light oliva-
ceous-gray; legs whitish, dusted with dark brown.
Forewing: olivaceous-yellow, with horizontal silver lines. The costa, beyond
male fold, is silver, interrupted by two spots, one beyond end of cell and one be-
fore apex. A line from base to end of cell through middle of cell, a duplicate
line above its outer half, the ground color between the two dotted with brown.
A silver line on outer half of fold and another the whole length of vein 16. Be-
yond the cell, between veins 3 and 8, the spaces between veins is silver, the veins
being dotted with brown. There is a silver terminal line, edged outward nar-
rowly with dark brown and inwai'd with a line of olivaceous yellow. The apical
and subapical spots of ground color are dotted with dark brown, and a line of the
same are above and below the silver line in outer fourth of fold. Cilia yellowish-
white.
Hindwing: light smoky gray, cilia whitish ; underside the same.
Underside forewing: olivaceous-gray, whitish on costal and terminal edge,
cilia whitish.
One $ specimen : Blackfoot, Idaho, June 3d, Arthur J. Snyder.
Encosma vomonana sp. nov.
Expanse 15-17 mm.
Head light ferruginous-brown, darker over eyes and around collar, palpi gray-
ish-brown, blackish on outside and outer joint; antenna gray; thorax blackish in
center, patagia brown at base, striped with pink and white outwardly ; thorax
cinereous gray; legs yellowish-white, dusted with dark brown.
Forewing: light gray, with a brownish tinge, the tips of the scales are some-
what paler, giving a speckled appearance under a lens. On the middle of dorsum
is a broad white patch, with three brown dots on dorsal edge, it is broadest at
base, the inner edge is outwardly oblique, the outer edge nearly vertical, it ex-
W. D. KEARFOTT. 91
tends nearly to middle of wing. Before this white patch is an inverted wedge-
shaped black spot, overlaid above with light brown. A darker shade from mid-
dle of costa forms a fascia that separates the wliite patch from a gray ocellic spot,
the lower half of fascia is dotted with black. The ocellic spot is edged before
and behind narrowly with white and a small spot of white color in middle. The
black apical spot and a similar costal spot before apex, continue as brown lines to
middle of wing, where they join and continue as a single line to termen above
apex, the brown is somewhat dotted with black. The male fold is pinkish-white,
dotted with dark brown, the second fourth of costa is dark brown, between the
middle and spot before apex it is marked with three whitish geminate dashes.
Terminal line blackish-gray ; cilia leaden-gray, cut with a whitish streak below
apex.
Hindwing: smoky brown, cilia gray, with a light basal line, followed by a
darker litie; underside lighter, reticulated on upper half.
Underside forewing: dark smoky brown, costal spots repeated.
Six specimens: Cisco, Placer Co., Cal., June 1st; Colfax, Placer-
Co., Cal., July, all collected by A. H. Vachell.
fr^ucosina miscHna sp. nov.
Expanse 16-19 mm.
Head: light brown; palpi cream color inside, and upper edge, the brush out-
wardly and at the end, both inside and outside, dark gray ; antenna gray, annu-
lated with light brown ; thorax black, with a transverse pale ochreous line, the
posterior edge and patagia same color ; abdomen fuscous; legs yellowish, banded
and powdered with blackish-brown.
Forewing: pale ochreous, strigulated with black in basal area, a middle fascia
of same color but more heavily and evenly overlaid with black, this ground color
in outer half, below costa, is a dusky olivaceous-yellow. Between basal area and
middle fascia is a broader whitish-gray fascia strigulated with black. The basal
area extends to inner third on dorsum, indented below fold, angling outward
on fold, then obliquely inward to inner fourth of costa, bnt indented at upper
third. The whitish fascia, beyond it, begins as a geminate yellow spot on costa,
it broadens outwardly to dorsal margin. The ochreous and black fascia extends
from middle of wing to dorsum before anal angle. The ocellic spot consists of
two vertical bars of pinkish shining scales enclosing a black streak, the bars are
nearly joined' above and below, and above and before them is another short
curved line of the same scales separated from the ocellus by a black dash. There
is a similar shining line before termen in middle of wing and below it, in angle,
a small spot. Between the shining spots and the dusky yellow streak below
costa, the ground color is black, finely atomized with white. At middle of costa
are two geminate white streaks, close together, between them and apex are three
others, more widely spaced, each encloses a black line, and below upper fourth
they change to metallic-hlue ; the one before apex sends a white dash through
the cilia and lerminal line below apex; the second and third be foi-e costa join
and run into the shining line before termen. There is a fine black terminal line,
interrupted below apex, and not reaching angle ; beyond this line is a line of gray
which extends around termen. Cilia pinkish-gray.
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92 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Hind wing: light giayisli brown, cilia the same, underside the same, darker at
apex.
Underside forewing darker.
Thirty specimens: Cisco and Colfax, Placer Co., California, June
and July, A. H. Vachell.
Tliiodia kiscaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 12-13 mm.
Head, palpi and thorax white, a light fuscous spot on outside of palpi near base
of second joint, and a shade of the same color, both inside and outside, at end of
second joint, patagia shining grayish-ochreous; antenna white, finely annulated
with fuscous; abdomen grayish-fuscous; legs white, tarsal joints ringed with
blackish-brown.
Forewing: pale fawn, with a darker shade in middle of wing from base to end
of cell, and another on upper half of wing from before end of cell into apex. The
inner half of costa is narrowly blackish, edged internally with white, beyond the
middle are four large black streaks and four fine black dashes on a white ground ;
all outwardly oblique, excepting the white line before the light brown apical
spot, which is inwardly oblique, and is edged with blackish scales on each side;
tiie white line, from between the two middle large spots, runs obliquely outwardly
and nearly connects with the white line l)efoie apex. The ocellus is large, lust-
rous, white, with a long black line above and one or two shorter ones below it.
Below the fold the dorsal margin is sparsely overlaid with white scales. The
terminal edge and cilia are light gray, finely powdered with blackish dots.
Hind wing: light gray, smoky towards termen ; underside whitish-giay.
Underside forewing : smoky ochreous-brown, costal spots repeated.
Ten specimens : Cincinnati, Ohio, May 27th, Miss Annette F.
Brann ; Greenwood Lake, N, J , June 10th ; Gloucester Co., N. J.,
May 29th, F. Haimbach.
Kpiiiotia dietziana sp. nov.
Exiianse 13-15 mm.
Head : pale ochreous on top, basal joints of antenna, face and palpi white, latter
shaded with brown outside; antenna whitish brown ; thorax gi'ayish-white above,
beneath and tuft white; legs whitish, dusted and banded with blackish-brown.
Forewing: a broad white fascia between inner fourth and middle on costa, en-
larging below top of cell and reaching inner fourth to outer third on dorsum.
The basal area is gray, with a whitish transverse streak through middle and
edged outwardly with black ; there are a few black scales on the inner edge of
the white streak. The broad white fascia is dotted on costal and dorsal edges
with gray ; beyond it is a gray fascia, beginning at middle of costa as a blackish
spot, continuing to middle cf wing as a gray line; at end of cell, in middle of
wing, is a small black spot, this is continued as a broader gray fascia to dorsum
before anal angle. The space beyond is white, inwardly overlaid with gray and
outwardly bordered by dark ochreous-brown, the latter color in a shade beneath
costa for outer fourth and running into a conspicuous black ocellic spot. The
outer half of costa is marked by four pairs of white oblique lines, divided by
narrow black lines, and each pair separated by a larger black spot. The ocellic
W. D. KEARFOTT. 93
area is shining white, with a vertical row of brownish scales. Termen above
middle is bordered by a fine black line running into apical spot. Beyond this is
a narrow yellowish line in cilia, the latter is blackish with ochreous brown tips.
Hind wing: smoky gray, preceded by a faintly lighter basal line; underside
the same, cilia concolorous.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, with the geminate whitish spots repeated
on costa.
Twenty specimens: Hampton, N. H., May 28th to July 3rd, S.
Albert Shaw; Hazletou, Pa., at electric light, May 19th to June
8th, collected by W. G. Dietz, M.D., and to whom 1 am indebted
for a hundred or more very interesting Tortricids.
Cydiai colorana sp. nov.
Expanse 22-24 mm.
Head and palpi clay-white; antenna leaden-fuscous; thorax leaden-fuscous,
tips of patagia and posterior edge of thorax white; legs cream-white, lightly
dotted with fuscous.
Forewing: ground color, base of scales fuscous-brown, outer half gray to pink-
ish-ochreous, under a lens as a finely reticulated surface of altei'nate dark and
light vertical lines; below the fold of wing the light tips are gray, becoming
ochreous above outwardly and shaded with pink on the outer half above the
middle. The ground color is traversed by numerous irregular broken lines of
shining leaden scales. Tlie costal edge is narrowly cream-color, with a small
black spot beyond middle and four larger ones between it and apex. From the
cream-color spaces between these spots the leaden lines begin ; the two before
apex extend only to upper third, and a single line begins close to termen at mid-
dle of wing, and continues to anal angle; before these ante-apical streaks are two
others which join at middle of wing and continue to anal angle as a single line,
dotted inwardly and outwardly with black below the middle. The other leaden
streaks are edged with black dots more or less, usually on their inner sides. The
terminal line is black, before which is a pale ochreous line. Cilia shining gray.
Hindwing: smoky gray, whitish above cell, cilia whitish, with a gray line
near base; underside the same.
Underside forewing: smoky brown, costal edge yellowish, and a line of same
color preceding a blackish terminal line.
Four specimens: three, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, June 1st,
Dr. Wm. Barnes, received from U. S. Nat. Mus. ; one, Salida, Col.,
June 19th, " Hulst collection " from Dr. Dietz.
Oenopis chainberMaiia sp. nov.
Expanse 22-25 mm.
Head : ochreous-brown, a shade darker on the anterior edge of the frontal
tube ; palpi pale ochreous within, outside ochreous-brown, darker at end of tuft ;
antenna light grayish-ochreous : thorax ochreous-brown, darker than head, pos-
terior end of patagia paler ; abdomen yellowish-white, with white scale tufts on
first segment above; legs yellowish-white, powdered with bronzy-brown.
Forewing : light ochreous-brown, vertically strigulated, shining purplish-brown,
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94 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
with several lines and spots of the same shade as follows: below costa at outer
fourth is a spot from which a fine line crosses wing obliquely to dorsal edge be-
yond middle; at end of cell, below middle of wing, another spot which sends a
line into dorsum before angle; from a dot at outer third of costa an irregular Hue
curves outward and downward ending in tornus; a faint terminal line. The
costa is evenly marked with the upper ends of the reticulations. There is a very
short but broad costal fold in the male. Cilia concolorous, shining, with a faint
pinkish tinge.
Hindwing: white, lightly stained with ochreous on outer half, which color
runs into the cilia; underside pale ochreous.
Underside forewing: light ochreous-brown, with darker reticulations on costa.
Ten specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio, June 12th to July 6th, Miss
Annette F. Braun.
I take pleasure in dedicating this species, which differs from any
Cenopis known to me, to the one of the two pioneers in North
American Micro-Lepidoptera, and whose interests and labors were so
largely associated with the place of its habitat, V. T. Chambers.
Eulia iiiscana sp. nov.
Expanse 15-17 mm.
Head: light brown, shaded on sides with darker ferruginous-brown; palpi
blackish-fuscous, underside at base pale ochreous; antenna dark fuscous, annu-
lated with yellowish-white; thorax dark ferruginous-brown, patagia and poste-
rior end light ferruginous-brown ; abdomen cinereous ; legs light ochreous, dusted
with brownish-fuscous.
Forewing: reddish-brown, crossed by three narrow shining white fascite. The
inner is from first quarter of costa to before middle of dorsum. The middle one
from middle of costa to anal angle, where it coalesces with the lower end of outer
fascia, which starts on costa before apex as a geminate spot; in some specimens
this fascia is broken below costa. The white fascise are outlined with black scales
in the middle of wing, and a dot of black scales in the middle of wing and a dot
of black is enclosed in the middle fascia, at end of cell. The edges of the fascise
are irregular. Between the inner and middle fascia there is a shining patch of
pinkish scales on the lower half of wing. The dorsal margin is narrowly dotted
with black. Cilia at apex dull brown ; below apex, white at base, shading into
dull ochreous outwardly.
Hindwing: gray, cilia whitish-gray, with a darker line near base; underside
gray, smoky gray below costa.
Underside forewing : smoky brown, with a large middle, and before apex, a
smaller geminate costal spot of cream white.
Three specimens : Carmel, California, June, collected by A. H.
Vachell.
W. D. KEARFOTT.
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Evetria Hnbner.
buoliana Schiff. . . (mention). . .2
burkeana K. 4
coifaxiana A' 3
monophylliana R. 1
pasadenana K 3
pinicolana Dbld. . (mention).. .2
sabiniana K .2
zozana A'. 2
Polycbrosis Ragonot.
ambrosiana K 8
aruncana K 5
botrana Schiff . . . .(mention). . .6
liriodendrana A'. • (mention). . .7
magnoliana A 6
vernoniana K 7
yaracana A'. 5
Oletb rentes Hubner.
agilana Clem. (mention). .12
coronana A. 10
daeckeana A' 12
devotana K 16
dimidiana Sodoff .(mention). .14
galaxaua A'. 9
glitranana K 9
gogana A 8
hebesana Walk. . .(mention). .12
islandana A' 80
malachitana ZelL .(mention). .11
mana A'. 14
nimbatana Clem. . (mention). .14
ochiomediana K. 11
osmundana i^ern.. (mention). .12
provaua K 16
removana K. 15
rosaochreana K 11
rubipuuctana K 14
sepaiatana A'. 13-14
wellingtoniana K 13
Eucosma Hubner.
atomosana Wlsm. .(mention). .21
biquadrana TFfem. (mention). .33
bobana K 26
boxcana K 87
brightonana A'. 23
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Eucosma canariana K 18-19-20
cataclystiana Walk., .{men.). .21
circulana Hbn. ■ . (mention )22-42
cocana K. 26
crambitana Ms»i.(men.) 19-20-35
dodana R 27-28
fandana A 19
floridana K. 21
fofana K 28
gandana A' 20
grandiflavana Wlsm. .(men.). .20
handana A' 20
hoiiana A" 28
hopkinsana A' 36
idahoana K 90
immaculana A'. 35
invicta Wlsm. (mention). .34
irroratana Msm. .(mention). .21
johnsonana A' 36
kandana A' 20
kokana A' 29
landana A' 18
larana Wlsm (mention). .20
lolana K 29
maudana K 17
miscana K 91
momana A' 30
nandana R. 17
nonana A' 30
palousana A' 34
paudana K 17
popana K. 31
raudana R 21
reveisana A'. 22
rorana K.. ■ ■ 31
sandana R 22
shastana Wlsm.. . .(mention). .33
snyderana K 89
spaldiugana A' 19
sonomana A". 27
sosana K 32
subflavana H7«ot.. (mention). .20
subinvicta R 33
tandana A' 23
totana K 32
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Eucosma transmissanaTFaZfc.(men.). .89
vandana K 24
vomonaiia K 90
vovana K 33
walkerana K 89
wandana K 24
wonioiiana K 88
xandana K 24
yandana K 25
zandana K- 25
Thiodia Hubner.
anuetteana K. 42
asphodelana K, 42
aspidiscana Hhn 37-38-39
awenieana A". 38-39-41
baracana K 43
caracana K 43
daracana K 44
essexana K 38-39
ferruginana Fern 37-38-39
formosana Clem. 37-38-39
kiscana R. 92
ochreicostana Wlsm . ■ (men . ) . . 45
radiatana Wlsm 37-38-40
raracana K. 44
refusana Walk--, (mention ). .42
roseoterminana K 38-39-40
umbrastiiana K 38-39-40
Proteopteryx Wdlsingham.
albicapitaua K 47
faracana K 47
haracana K 46
laracana K 45
maracana K. 46
Pennsylvania K 48
spoliana Clem-- .(mention). 45-47
Proteoteras Riley.
arizonfe K. 48
crescentana K 49
naracaua K 50
torontana K- 50
Epinotia Hubner.
dietziana K 92
hainibacbiana K 51
ilicifoliana K.. . (mention) .52-53
pauperana (mention). .52
plumbolineana K 53
saliciana Clem. . . .(mention). .52
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Epinotia salicicolana Clem. .(men.). .53
septemberana 51
Ancylis Hubner.
intermediana A' 56
Enarmonia Hubner.
americana Ms»i.( mention) 58-60
angleseana K 64
bracteana Fern. ■ .(mention). .64
dana A' 65-66
dandana K 65
dyarana K 58
edwardsiana K 58
fana^ 64
gaiacana K 66
interstinctana C7eOT.(men.) 64-65
lana K 59
maculana Fern. - .(mention). .64
placerana A 60
saundersana K 63
tana K. 62
tristrigana Clem.. .{ment\on)59-60
vana A 61-62
vancouverana A' 63
walsinghami K 57
wana AT 60
zana A' 61
Cydia Hubner -
colorana K 93
cupressana K 54
inquilina A" 55
piperana K- 55
Cenopis Zeller.
eharabersana K- 93
Sparganothis Htibner.
bistriata A" 67
karacana K 68
saracana A". 68
striata Wlsm. (mention). .68
taracaua K 66
tristriata K 67
yumana K 67
Archips Hubner.
brauniana K 69
georgiana Walk., .(mention). .73
grisea Rob (mention). .70
Pandemis Hubner.
pyrusana K 70
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Tortrix Linnxus.
Tortrix albicomana Clem 73
chioccana K' 72
cockerellana K 71
cui'valana K 73
dorsipurpurana K 73
houstonana Geo/e. (mention). .72
kukakana A' 70
nervosana K .71
pallorana Rob. ■ . .(mention). .71
seminolana K 71
se.mipurpurana A'. i mention). .73
Eulia Hitbner.
niscana A" 84
Phalonia Huhner.
aurorana A' 83
bana K 73
basiochreana K 78
biscana K 75
bomonana K 75-76
carmelana A' 76-77
cincinnatana K 78
discana K 78
elderana K 84
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Pbalonia formonana K 81
foxcana K 84
giscana AT- 75
lepidana Clem- ■ ■ .(mention). .82
listeiana K 80
maiana K ... -82
nonlavana K- 85
obispoana K 77
obliquana K (mention). .76
sublepidana K 82
straminoides Grote (mention. .74
toxcana K- 85-87
vachelliana A' 80
viscana K- 84
voxcana K 83
wiscana K 77
zaracana K 74
ziscana K 76
zoxcana K 86
Commophila Hnbner.
huachucana A' 79
Carposina Herrich-Schaeffer.
comonana A" 87
age 2,
line 19,
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ERRATA.
for sinicolana read pinicolnna Dbld.
" buolana read biioliaua Scbff.
" recond read record.
" rosaschreana read rosaochreaua.
" Lell read Zell.
" A. T. Brown read A. J. Brown.
" circula read circulana.
cancel lines 2 and 3.
" wnite read white.
■' spade read shade.
" distinctana read essexana.
" Salidago read Solidago.
" Epinotis read Epiuotia.
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SOME NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST.
BY E. T. CRESSON, JR.
PAPEE II.
TRYPETID^.
(Plate I.)
As mentioned in Paper I (published in the Trans. Am. Eut. Soc,
XXXII, Sept., 1906), this material, with a few exceptions, was col-
lected by J. A. G. Rehn and H. L. Viereck, chiefly in New Mexico,
during the summer of 1902 ; also a few species collected in Mexico
by J. F. McClendon in the summer of 1903.
I have figured the wings of several described species, because they
have never been given, and I think every description, especially of
the Tephritis group, to be of value, should have a good figure of the
wing. When this group is monographed, no doubt there will be
many synonyms, at least varieties, established ; many on account of
the reliance placed upon the description of the wings which have
not been figured.
The genera Ensina, Tephritis and Euaresta are very poorly de-
fined on account of their transmutation, and the only satisfactory
way to treat them is to place them under Tephritis, making the
former and latter subgenera. In this paper I have not considered
the genus £'nsi?ia, excepting E. hwnulis Lw., but have placed under
Tephritis all species having the Tephritis wing design. I separate
Eiiaresta according to Coquillett, but it is not very satisfactory ;
even Loew in his Monograph states that he is doubtful as to the
validity of this genus.
Straiizia luiigipennis Wied., var. PI. I, fig. 1.
One male, East Las Vegas, N. Mex. Length 6 mm.
Entirely yellow, excepting black spots as follows: one including
the ocellar tubercle, two on the anterior dorsal margin of thorax
separated by a narrow yellow line, one on each lateral angle of the
thorax, two on the brown metanotum next to the abdomen. The
outer verticals and the two upper frontal pair of bristles incrassate
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100 NORTH AMERICAN DIPTKRA.
and truncate, but not enlarged at tip ; the two lower pair much
stronger tluin all the others, of which the upper pair is one and
one- half again longer than the next lower. All bristles and hairs
black. The wing as figured.
Strauzia is the original name of this genus, which Loew called
Straussia, as being a more correct form. Whether good or poor
form, Desvoidy's name Strauzia has the priorty, and I therefore fol-
low Coquillett in re-establishing the original name.
Strauzia diffusia Snow.
One of each sex. East Las Vegas, N. Mex.
Kpilographa obfnseata v. d.W.
One male, Guadalajara, Mex. (McClendon).
Agrees well with the description, excepting that the antenna
reaches to the lower third of face. The thorax is black, but appears
cinereous from the pollinose coating. The abdomen is grayish-polli-
nose on the middle of the dorsum and along the posterior margins
of the.segments, but there is a non- pollinose black spot in the mid-
dle of each segment, forming a median dorsal stripe. Knobs of hal-
teres black. The band passing over the small cross- vein is the
widest band on the wing, but does not meet the next band at the
l)Osterior margin ; and the latter band, which passes over the poste-
rior cross vein, is represented only by spots at the second, third,
fourth and fifth veins. The small cross-vein is before the middle of
discal cell. The basal band is not distinct below the first basal cell,
except as a spot at the acute apex of anal cell.
I'lagiotoma obliqtia Say.
Three males, Alamogordo, N. Mex. ; one male, Guadalajara, Mex.
Only one spot on the pleura, and that at the base of the halteres.
The posterior part of the thoracic dorsum shining, in contrast with
the yellow dusted anterior portion. Apex of scutellum with a
brown spot. Length 4 mm.
The male from Mexico has the thoracic dorsum entirely yellow
})ollinose. Scutellum without apical spot. Pleura blackened about
the base of halteres, and the hind coxse extending to the metanotum.
Abdomen with two black .spots on the lateral margins of fourth seg-
ment. Length 4'] mm.
This latter seems to approach Loew's Brazilian variety referred
to in his Monograph, page 25L
E. T. CRESSON, JR. 101
Neaspilota alba Lw.
Seven males and one female, Alamogordo, N. Mexico.
These specimens are so well marked, I think it will not be out of
place to note such here.
Generally sulphur-yellow ; dorsum of the thorax, in part, meta-
notum, excepting the sides, a large triangular spot on the lower part
of the sternopleura and a smaller spot on the hypopleura above the
hind coxte, black, more or less obscured by whitish pollen. The
black area of the thoracic dorsum is limited mostly to the anterior
part, and a narrow extension each side of a rectangular area which
includes the two pair of dorso centrals. Sometimes this black area
is contracted, leaving the lateral margins and the greater part of the
posterior half of the dorsum, yellow. The bases of the second and
following abdominal segments brown. The antennse, especially the
tips, the tip of the proboscis, the extreme bases of the wings, the
halteres and the legs, rufous or reddish-yellow. Stigma entirely or
only at its base brownish.
Avuira insecfa Lw.
One male, Guadalajara, Mex.
Eiitrela spar$$a Wied.
One male, Cloudcroft, N. Mex.
Ensina liumilis Lw.
One female, HighroUs, N. Mex.
Tepliritis elathrafa Lw.
One male, Guadalajara, Mexico.
The antennse scarcely reaching the oral margin. The apical bris-
tles of scutellum minute; the lateral ones very long. The abdomi-
nal spots brown. The wing reticulation very distinct, even below
the fifth vein.
Tepliritis fiiialis Lw.
One male, Guadalajara, Mex.
Head and palpi light yellow; antennse more rufous; thoracic
bristles brownish ; humeri and a band to base of wings yellow; scu-
tellum entirely yellow, the bristles brown, the lateral pair are the
longest on the insect, the apical pair decussating ; the abdomen more
shining black ; the first segment and posterior margins of all yellow;
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102 NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.
the fourth segment as long as the second and third together, the yel-
low of its posterior margin extending in form of a median wedge
nearly to its base, the genitalia yellow ; legs pale yellow ; wings
typical, but the spots smaller, and more numerous in the first poste-
rior cell, one being at its extreme apex.
TephritJK muriiia Doan.
Numerous specimens of both sexes, Cloudcroft, Beulah, and Las
Vegas, New Mexico.
As Mr. Doan remarks, this species resembles T. albiceps Lw. in
the wing design, but the latter is readily distinguished by the forma-
tion of the marginal drops at the apex of the wing, and the next
inner row, which are concentric with them ; also the interspersing of
minute drops among the larger discal ones. The wing also is nar-
rower in proportion than in albiceps.
I have before me a few specimens of murina showing a tendency
of the apical drops to arrange themselves concentrically as those of
albiceps. The absence of the black abdominal markings, except
with the females is not constant, but where present are rather faint.
Dr. Coquillett has kindly confirmed the determination of my
specimens.
Tephrit.i»<t dupla sp. nov., PI. I, fig. 2.
Male. — Front rufous, darker along the orbits and at vertex ; narrow anteriorly,
nearly one-half as wide as at the vertex; bristles black. Face yellow, whitish
along the orbits. Palpi and proboscis yellow; labella genticulate. Antennae
rufous, three-quarters the length of face, stout; third joint rounded at apex,
cylindrical. Occiput, except the posterior orbits and behind the cheeks, black.
Thorax and scutelluni black, with the usual bristles and whitish hairs, gray ish-
pollinose ; the former with three dorsal and two lateral brownish lines ; the latter
brownish at apex, with four bristles.
The abdomen more shining, black. All femora black ; fore and middle tibise,
extremities of hind tibiae, and all tarsi rufous. The stigma of wing and the adja-
cent part of marginal cell infuscate; no spot in stigma; small cross-vein infus-
cate ; only two spots in the marginal cell ; third vein bare. Length 2.5 mm.
Two males, Beulah, N. Mex. Cotype in Acad. Nat. Nat. Sci.
Phila., and Univ. Kans. collection.
The two large spots in the marginal cell, with the uniform reticu-
lation of remainder of the wing is very characteristic.
Tephritis uinbrata sp. nov., Plate I. fig. 3.
Male. — Fvowt yellow, orbits narrowly white ; bristles blac^k. Face and cheeks
whitish, cheeks with a long bristle opposite the lower angle of eyes. Oral mar-
E. T. CRESSON, JR. 103
gin with long white bristles, longest towards the occiput. Occiput blackish,
pollinose above; all its bristles white. Antennae light yellow, reaching to within
one-half the length of second joint from the oral margin ; third joint rounded at
apex ; arista brown. Palpi and proboscis yellow.
Thorax black, whitish-poilinose, bristles black, sparsely clothed with short
white bristle-like hairs, longest on the pleura; dorsum with three faint brownish
stripes, its bristles very long. Scutellum like-colored, with the thoracic stripes
extending to its apical margin ; four bristles, the lateral pair very long reaching
as far as the stigma of wing.
Abdomen like-colored, with whitish hairs; two brown spots on the dorsum of
each segment; bristles on the posterior margin of fourth segment black. Hal-
teres reddish-yellow. Squamulfe whitish.
Legs in general reddish-yellow, but all coxae, the upper surface of the basal
half of fore femora, middle third of middle femora and the basal two-thirds of
hind femora blackish ; all bristles brownish, the longest on the fore femora.
Wing with the stigma, adjacent portion of marginal and submarginal cells,
small cross-vein, and posterior cross-vein, infuscate; a spot in the stigma, three
in the marginal cell, and the extreme bases of the marginal and submarginal
cells, hyaline ; spots in the first posterior cell small, except the large conglomera-
tion in the apical portion. Length 3 mm.
One male, Guadalajara, Mexico. Type in Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila.
collection.
Allied to T. inornata Coq., but the spots on the abdomen (which
I do not think is a constant character), the partly blackish legs and
the more numerous spots in the submarginal and first posterior cells
will distinguish this species.
TephriiiM I'orpuleiita sp. nov., PI. I, fi.g 4.
Male. — Head yellow, except the black upper portion of occiput, and the whit-
ish face and cheeks. The frontal, two vertical, and two ocellar bristles, black,
all others and hairs white. Antennae reaching to within the length of second
joint from the oral margin ; arista brown.
Thorax cinereous, bristles blnck, hairs white. Humeri and a line to base of
wing yellowish. Metanotum black. Scutellum apex narrowly yellowish, with
four bristles. Halteres light yellow.
Abdomen cinereous, as broad as long, and broader than the thorax ; hairs
white; bristles on the posterior margin of fourth segment black.
Legs rufous, except the upper side of fore femora, the basal third of middle,
and all of hind femora, except the knee, black. Wing brown, as figured. Length
.3 mm.
One male, Cloudcroft, N. Mex. Type in Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
collection.
Approaching Ensina despeda v. d. W., but the broad band ex-
tending from the stigma to the posterior cross-vein is more distinct,
only two large spots in the submarginal cell ; the large spot in the ■
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104 NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.
discal cell opposite the posterior cross vein much smaller ; oue less
spot in the second basal cell. The abdomen is noticeably rounded,
not pointed at apex.
Tephritis fibiilata v. d. W.
One female, Las Vegas, N. Mex.
Tliis species is figured in the Biologia, Diptera, Vol. II, and th«
specimen before me agrees well with it, but the small cross- vein is
clouded; the extreme apical spot of the submarginal cell wanting;
two small spots in the stigmatic cloud of the submarginal cell ; the
two small spots in the discal cell near the posterior cross-veins want-
ing, but the large spot before them is nearly divided into two. The
ovipositor is nearly as long as the abdomen. The markings of the
thorax and abdomen distinct.
Tephritis inornata Coq., PI. I, fig. 5.
One male, Beulah, N. Mex.
The yellow legs. The triangular group of three spots in the apical
portion of the submarginal cell, though they sometimes coalesce into
one ; the quadriangular group of four spots in the basal portion of
the first posterior cell, though they also sometimes coalesce into one
large spot or two elongated spots ; and the five or six smaller spots
in the apical portion of the first posterior cell are characteristic of
this species, in addition to the typical description.
Tephritis palli<lipeuni$« sp. nov., PI. I, fig. 6.
Male.— Head yellow, but the ocellar tubercle and upper part of tbe occiput
black. Front about oue-third the width of head ; orbits nearly parallel, narrowly
silvery. Face whitish. Palpi and proboscis whitish. Hairs of occiput and
cheeks white. Antennte four-fifths as long as the face, whitish ; second joint
more yellow ; arista brown, yellow at base.
Thorax black, golden pollinose towards the posterior dorsal margin, covered
with short white hairs ; humeri and at base of wing yellowish ; pleura and meta-
notum whitish-pollinose; two posterior dorso-central bristles. Scutellum black,
with four marginal bristles, the two apical one-half as long as the lateral ones.
Halteres yellowish.
Abdomen short, broad, grayish-black ; a faint brown stripe each side of a me-
dian gray line; the white hairs longer than those of the thorax.
Legs yellow; fore femora more or less faintly infuscated. Wings nearly hya-
line; first vein bristly; third vein bare, faintly spotted along the costa and in
cells behind the fourth vein ; the darkest portion is along the costa in form of
triangular spots; the submarginal cell cleary hyaline, except at the apex; the
first posterior cell very faintly spotted along the fourth vein. Length 2.5 mm.
E. T. CRESSON, JR. 105
Two males, Mainton, Colorado, 6029 feet altitude (E. S. Tucker).
Cotypes in the collectiou of Acad. Nat. Sci Phila. and Kans. Univ.
This species is remarkable for its nearly hyaline wings ; the spots,
except along the costa, are hardly distinguishable and then only
when observed in certain angJes with the light.
Tephritis destpecla v. d. W., PI. I, fig. 7.
One male, Highrolls, N. Mex.
The wing as figured in the Biologia, but less distinct towards the
base, and the spots in general are larger. It agrees well with the
description.
Euarestsi bella Lw.
One female, Guadalajara, Mexico.
No bristles distinguishable on the third vein.
Eiiare!$ta tiniida Lw.
One female, Guadalajara, Mexico.
The abdomen entirely rufous, except a black spot near each lat-
eral posterior margin of the fourth segment. The ovipositor with
first joint as long as the last three segments. The third vein dis-
tinctly bristly.
Eiiaresla webbii Doan.
One male, Beulah, N. Mex.
Fore femora above, middle femora below and hind femora entirely
black ; otherwise the legs rufous.
Euaresta pura Lw., PI. I, fig. 8.
Two females, Beulah, N. Mex.
Both of these specimens are wanting a head ; otherwise they agree
with Loew's description, excepting the wing picture, which in these
the first basal cell sometimes has one small drop, and the first poste-
rior cell has only one in its basal, besides the three in its apical
portion.
Euaresta tapetis Coq., PI. I, fig. 9.
Three females, East Las Vegas, N. Mex.
Euaresta araneo$>»a Coq.
One male, Beulah, N. Mex.
Beyond a doubt Urellia pacifica Doan (Jour. N. Y. Soc, vii, 192,
TE.\NS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. (14) APRIL, 1907.
106 NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.
1899, pi. 4, fig. 10), is a synonym of this species. The typical de-
scription and wing design agrees with this specimen, which I com-
pared with the typical E. araneosa at the National Museum. The
basal spot of" the first posterior cell in the typical specimens is some-
times expanded the full width of the cell and nearly to the small
cross-vein, making the stigmatic band narrower.
The typical description oi' E. araneosa is not explicit enough as to
the wing design, and the reference to figure 21, plate 10, of Loew's
Monograph is to me entirely misleading. Figure 4, plate 11, is
nearer to it, excepting for the apical rays. This demonstrates the
danger of describing a Trypetid wing without figuring it.
Euaresta abstersa Lw.
Numerous specimens of both sexes, Alamogordo, N. Mex. ; Cloud-
croft, N. Mex. ; El Paso, Tex. ; Ysleta, Tex.
Urellia inevarua Walk., PI. I, figs. 10 and 11.
Numerous specimens of both sexes, HighroUs, Alamogordo, Las
Vegas, and Cloudcroft, N. Mex. ; El Paso, Tex. One male, Guad-
alajara, Mex.
The first ray, from the stigma to the large spot, is sometimes
hardly distinguishable ; only one ray to the discal cell ; the small
ci'oss-vein faintly or not at all infuscated, sometimes a small spot on
the fifth vein. Dr. Coquillett kindly determined these for me.
Urfllia radifera Coq., PI. I, fig. 12.
Three males, Cloudcroft and Alamogordo, N. Mex.
Dr. Coquillett kindly determined these for me.
Urellia stigmatica Coq., PI. I, fig. 13.
Numerous specimens of both sexes, Alamogoi'do, N. INIex.
Dr. Coquillett kindly determined these for n)e.
Urellia eugeiiia v. d. W.
One male, Guadalajara, Mex.
Urellia vicina v. d. W.
Three males and ten females, Alamogordo and HighroUs, N.
Mex.
The first ray stout ; one ray to the discal cell; the small cross-
vein infuscated.
E. T. CRESSON, JR. 107
MYDAID^.
Etyphus towusendi Will.
Numerous specimens of both sexes from Alamogordo, N. Mex.
(Viereck and Rehn).
From this lot of well-preserved specimens I make the following
notes, which will also serve to distinguish the sexes.
The pile of the male is much thicker than that of the female, and
in some places longer ; that of the thoracic dorsum n)ore appressed
and formed into four longitudinal stripes by a narrow bare black
median vitta, which extends from the anterior margin to quite some
distance from the scutellum, and also by two lateral ones, extending
from the humeri to the scutellum. The lateral pollinose spots be-
hind the humeri are sometimes indistinct, but in every case is more
distinct in the female than in the male ; the dorsum of the female is
also marked with two other fainter median pollinose stripes. The
pleurae of both sexes have, in addition to those of the sterno- and
mesopleurse, similar silvery spots on the hypopleurre and on the
rufous anterior lateral angles of the first abdominal segment. The
abdomen of the male opaque, at least not polished as in the female,
except the yellow posterior margins, and these bands are narrower
and that of the first segment more whitish than those of the female ;
the last segment shorter than the preceding. The legs of both sexes
sometimes brownish, especially the femora ; the hind tibiae of the
male with a distinct apical spine, at the base of which are one or
two stout bristles ; of the female, in place of the spine is a tubercle,
on which are three or four stout bristles. The wing veins of both
sexes are sometimes brownish, especially towards the anterior mar-
gin. Otherwise they agree with the typical description in Trans.
Kans. Acad, of Sci., xv, 58.
9Iydas abdominalis Adams.
A male and female, Florence, Arizona (Beiderman).
illydas cletpis O. S.
One female, Carr Canyon, Arizona (Skinner).
Ulydas liiteipennis Lw.
One male and female, Alamogordo, N. Mex (Viereck and Rehn).
I make mention here of a male from Round Mt., Texas, closely
allied to Mydas dives, but the abdomen is opaque-black, with only a
TKANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXXIII. APRIL, 1907.
108
NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.
tiuge of metallic- blue; no goldeu pile on the second segment ; the
alul.ie, the lateral angles and the root of the wing blackish-brown,
and the posterior margin brownish-hyaline.
Fi£
EXPLANATION OF PLATE L
1. Htrauzia longipennis, variety, wing.
" 2.
Tephritis dupla, wing.
" :i
" umbrata, wing.
' 4.
" corpulenta, wing.
" 5.
" inornata, wing.
" 6.
" pallidipennis, wing.
' 7.
" despecta, wing.
' 8.
Eunresta pnra, wing.
" 9.
tapefis, wing.
" 10.
Urelia mevarna, wing.
" 11.
" " variety, win
" 12.
" radifera, wing.
■' 13.
" stigmatica, wing.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXXIII.
PI. I.
CRESSON ON DIPTERA.
E. T. CRESSON, JR. 109
THE NORTH AMERICA]^ »$I'ECIES OF THE DIPTEROUS
FA!»IIL,Y SCEXOPIIVID.E.
BY E. T. CRESSON, JR.
SCENOPINID^.
(Plate II.)
In working over some material from Mexico and the southwest-
ern United States, I found some species of this family that appeared
new to me, and it being a small family I thougiit it a good oppor-
tunity to make a short revision of the family, as known to North
America, comprising notes and a few descriptions of undescribed
sexes.
This paper is intended to be of use, especially to the student who
has not the collection or library at his disposal needed for the deter-
mination of the species of this family. The tables will aid in sepa-
rating the genera and species.
The figures given here were drawn, mostly, from these southwest-
ern species, aud will help in the generic descriptions; and the data
given, except where otherwise mentioned, is from the material in
the collection of the Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
TABLE OF GENERA.
1. Eobust, short species ; abdomen flat, wide O-
Slender, elongate species; abdomen cylindrical Pi^eiidatrichia.
2. First posterior cell open in margin Sceuopiiius Latr.
First posterior cell closed and petiolate ; body clothed with scale-like hairs.
IVIelalrichia Coq.
SC'EIVOPINUS Latr.
The species of this genus are robust, and generally black. Head
more or less hemispherical, higher than long; front descending;
scutellum distinctly separated from the thorax by a wide suture, its
apex not depressed; abdomen flat, broad; each segment with a
transverse furrow and their posterior margins turned up ; the second
segment has two minute approximated opaque spots on its dorsum.
Legs short and stout. Wings rather broad but longer than the
thorax ; first posterior cell open in the margin.
TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. APEIL, 1907
110 NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.
On account of its robust appearance and the general shape of the
head and abdomen, it seems to form, with the genus Metatrichia, a
separate group, wherein Metatrichia differs in its closed first poste-
rior cell.
In some species the sexes vary considerably in size, the male being
the smaller; even the same sex will vary, thus making this charac
ter very unreliable. In species where the female shows some white
on the posterior margins of the abdominal segments, the male is
very likely to have several segments entirely white.
TABLE OF SPECIES.
1. Third and fourth veins at their apices parallel to each other; last section of
third vein about three-fifths as long as the preceding section ; front
rough; femora black liubilipes Say, %,^ .
These veins converge as they approach the costa; last section of third vein not
shorter than the preceding section 2.
2. Front polished, not pitted, except sometimes near the antennje.
glabrifrons Meig., S , 9 •
Front rough, pitted, polished only in a narrow median furrow and narrowly
along the orbits f'enestralis Linn., %,, ^.
The species alhidipennis Loew I have not seen, but I give the
reference and a translation of the typical description further on.
^iceiiopinus fenestralis Linn., PI. II, fig. 1.
This is the typical species of the family, and is commonly known
as the " window- fly ; " the larvae are often found under carpets and
are supposed to feed upon the larvse of the carpet moth.
Generally black. Front minutely rugose, giving it a sub-opaque appearance,
but is narrowly polished along the orbits and in a narrow median furrow. Thorax
marked with minute furrows; pleurse more shining. Scutellum also furrowed.
Abdomen shining, posterior margins of second to fifth segments of male generally
narrowly whitened. Knobs of halteres white, brown above. L«!gs generally
yellow, but the femora and tibias, especially the hind pair, dark to nearly black,
knees yellow, apices of all tarsi infuscated. The third and fourth veins of the
wing are not parallel before they enter the costa, but converge their entire length
from the cross-veins; last section of third vein longer than the preceding section.
Length ranging from 4-6 mm.
With older and dried out specimens the color becomes more dis-
tinct, ranging from black through bi'own to nearly rufous.
Sceiiopiniis glabrifrons Meig.
In general similar to fenestralis, but the front is entirely polished,
excepting sometimes a little rough just above the antennae ; the
E. T. CRES80N, JR. Ill
thorax is also more polished although faintly furrowed ; the knobs
of halteres entirely white. Size about the same.
Sceiiopinus iiiibilipes Say, PI. II, fig. 2.
This is a somewhat smaller species. The male has never before
been described, and is so different from the female, that one is very
liable to take it for a new species. I have seen a pair in the U. S.
Nat. Mus. collection which were taken in copula.
Much smaller than S. fenedralis, which it resembes, and the third
and fourth veins become distinctly parallel a short distance before
they enter the costa ; the femora, except the knees, black ; the last
section of the third vein about three fifths as long as the preceding
section.
Before me are two males and one female from Alamogordo, New
Mexico (Rehn and Viereck). Of the males I give the following de-
scription :
Head entirely black. Eyes very large, contiguous from the prominent ocellar-
tubercle to near the antennae, leaving a frontal triangle about as long as the sec-
ond antennal joint; the line of separation of the facets about on level with the
antennse. P"'ront poUinose, with a narrow median furrow. Face and cheeks very
narrow. Occi|)ut flat or slightly coiivexed. Antennse black, pollinose, situated
below the center line of the eyes; third joint three times as long as the second.
Palpi and proboscis black.
Thorax black, semi-opaque, clothed with minute scattered white hairs; a mi-
nute brown spot behind each humeral callus; the post-alar calluses brownish.
Pleura brownish. Scutellum black, semi-opaque. Halteres brown, with white
knobs. Squamulffi white.
Abdomen blackish-brown, shining, clothed with scattered whitish hairs; two
elongated velvety-black spots on the dorsum of the second segment; dorsum of
third to fifth segments totally white, or sometimes the posterior margins only
whitened.
Legs blackish-brown, but the knees of all femora, the bases, especially of the
hind tarsi, yellowish. Wings hyaline; veins yellowish, darker towards their
bases; the last section of the third vein three-fifths as long as the preceding
section. Length ranging from 2.5-4 mm.
Scenopiniis albidipennis Lw., Cent., VIII, 53. 1869.
"Male. — Black; head and thorax subopaque; abdomen shining, the posterior
margins of the intermediate segments white; antennse black; legs black, except-
ing the entire anterior and apices of posterior tibiae and all tarsi brownish ; hal-
teres white, pedicel black; wings whitish-hyaline, with the first three veins yel-
low, the remaining veins brownish, not clouded. Length 1.5 lin."
Hub. — Cuba.
TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. APEIL. 1907.
112 ' NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.
WETATRICHIA Coq.
In general form similar to Scenopmus, robust, mostly black ; but
the thorax is more arched above ; the scutellum is not separated from
the thorax by a distinct wide suture, and its apex depressed, forming
an unbroken curve with the thorax when seen in profile; entirely
clothed, excepting the dorsum, of abdomen, with scale-like hairs, which
on closer observation are elongated bulbs inserted on short stalks,
giving the insect a whitish appearance. The first posterior cell
closed and petiolate.
.YIetatrichia biilbosns O. S., PI. II, figs. 3 aud 4.
Scenopinns O. S., West. Dipt., 275, 1877.
This species is very well described by Osten Sacken. Tiiree
males and two females from Alamogordo, New Mexico (Viereck
aud Rehu), differ from the typical description in that the head and
thorax do not seem to have that blackish-bronze color ; the scales
ai"e all clear white ; the costal cell is not brown ; and the distance
between the two cross- veins is not shorter than the posterior cross -
vein.
PSEUDATRICHIA O. S.
The species of this genus, as far as I have seen, are of an entirely
different shape from those of the other two genera, and seems to
form a distinct group in themselves by their slender, elongated bodies
and legs.
The following characters are typical for our present species, and
as to our present knowledge of the genus : slender, elongate species ;
thorax longer than broad, slightly arched above ; scutellum rather
prominent, but not large; abdomen narrow, cylindrical, not fiat;
legs slender, elongated ; wings narrow in proportion to their length,
first posterior cell closed and petiolate.
TABLE OF SPECIES.
1. Scutellum yellow, or brownish in middle 2.
Scutellum entirely black 3.
2. Abdomen and head black longiirio Lw., 'J, .
Abdomen and head yellowish, in fact, the entire insect generally brown or
yellowish '. griseola Coq., % , ^ .
3. Abdominal dorsum shining, more or less pilose 4.
Abdominal dorsum, at least in part, semi-opaque ; tiie segments more or less
dilated at their posterior margins; head as long or longer than high.
uiiicolor Coq., % , <$ .
E. T. CRESSON, JR. 113
4. Front and face black; thorax and femora rather long, pilose.
pilosa Coq., % .
Front and face yellow; thorax and femora not long, pilose; the anterior mar-
gin of the thorax, especially the male, yellow, in form of two large
spots separated by a narrow median black line.
flaviceps Coq., 'J, , 9 •
Pseadatrichia unicolor Coq., PI. II, figs. 6, 7.
Of all the species of this genus, except the type Atrichia longurio
L\v. (which I have not seen), unicolor is so different from the others
that I doubt if it should be included with them under the same
genus. Not knowing the generic type, and as the typical descrip-
tion does not give sufficient structural characters, I cannot say which
of the two forms are typical, and therefore make no attempt to erect
a new genus, leaving that to the monographer, or to some one who is
fortunate enough to see Loew's type.
The difference referred to is as follows : head longer than high or
nearly spherical ; eyes in the same proportion ; front horizontal,
descending only near the antennae; the thorax posesses a wart like
process, in a depression just above each fore coxae, which is, in this
species, clothed with rather long fine hairs; the abdominal segments
dilated at their posterior margins, appear to overlap. The form of
the head and abdomen especially are very noticeable.
The female of this species has never been described, but is very
similar to the male, except that the front is parallel and minutely
rugose, not polished, except along the orbits. Both sexes have
upon the dorsum of the second abdominal segment two minute vel-
vety black spots surrounded by a polished area. These spots, I
notice, are present in nearly every species of this family.
One of both sexes from Alamogordo, New Mexico (Viereck and
Rehn). One female from Cloudcroft, New Mexico (Viereck and
Rehn), PI. II, fig. 8 and 9, differs somewhat from the typical species
in that the iiead is longer ; the eyes likewise elongated ; antennae
black; abdomen proportionately longer, with its dorsum entirely
granular, opaque; the two spots on the second segment wanting;
the third section of the third vein longer than the last section.
Pseudatrichia griseola Coq., PI. II, fig. 5.
Two females, Alamogordo, New Mexico (Viereck and Rehn).
A well marked species, distinguished by its general yellowish or
brown color.
TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. (15 ) APBIL. 1907.
114 NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA.
Pseiidatricliia pilosa Coq.
The hairs of the thorax and femora are unusually long, a very
marked character, especially with fresh, well preserved specimens.
Pseudatricliia flaviceps Coq.
A well marked species, easily distinguished by the two large yel-
low spots on the anterior margin of the thorax, and the entire yel-
low front and face. The whitish line below each wing is very nar-
row, sometimes hardly visible.
In looking over this species in the National Museum I discovered
a male, and as this sex has not been described. Dr. Coquillett kindly
gave me permission to do so.
Front very narrow, as wide as the second antennal joint at its narrowest part;
antennae yellow, but the third joint brownish ; the yellow of the thorax less ex-
tended, limited to lateral humeral angles; the postalar calluses entirely yellow
(those of the female brownish) ; the knobs of halteres entirely white. This
specimen the color in general is more brownish, and the markings more whitish ;
the legs accordingly, so that the yellow of the knees is not so marked. Length
3 mm.
One specimen from Williams, Arizona (Barber). Collection of
U. S. N. M.
Psetidatrichia longurio Lw.
Atrichia Loew, Cent , vii, 76, 1866.
"Male. — Black, opaque; third antennal joint dark rufous, the anterior edge
darker ; humeri and scutelluni yellowish or brownish ; feet and coxae brownish ;
but the extreme bases of coxpe and apex of tibiae and tarsi darker brown ; abdo-
men slender, elongated ; bypopygium dark rufous; wings grayish-hyaline, veins
brownish. Length 4 lin."
Hab. — Mexico.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE II.
Fig. 1. Scenopinus fenestralis, wing.
" 2. " nabilipes, % .
" 3. Metatrichia bulbosun, %, .
" 4. " " wing.
" 5. Pseudatrichia griseola, J .
"6. " miicolor, % .
" 7. " " wing.
" 8. " " (variety), 9 .
" 9. " '■ wing.
CORRECTION TO PAPER I.— ORTALID^.
The table on page 285 (Trans., Vol. 32), at 2a, should read :
2a. Antennae at least six times as long as the width of the second joint; third
joint elongated, unusually long Stictomyia Big.
Antennae not so long ; third joint more or less oval 3 of manual.
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SMITH ON HYMENOPTERA.
HARRY SCOTT SMITH. 115
CO.^TRIBUTIOXS TOWARD A MONOGRAPH OF
THE CERATINIO.E OF .^ORTH AND
.niDDLF A. n ERICA.
(Plate III)
BY HARRY SCOTT SMITH, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
It was the ambition of the writer, when this study was first under-
taken about a year ago, to present at an early date a complete
monograph of the family Ceratinidse as represented in North and
Middle America. Consequently numerous letters were written to
different Hymenopterists and collectors throughout th'e country,
with the object in view of getting together a large amount of mate-
rial which would correctly represent the fauna of the territory which
was to be included by such a study. For the region north of Mexico,
in which the number of species is comparatively small, the results
were fairly satisfactory, but for the remainder of the territory,
Mexico and Central America, where the fauna is exceedingly rich
and varied, it seems next to impossible to get material at the present
time, owing to the scarcity of collectors in those localities. It is
hoped that this paper, preliminary as it must necessarily be, will be
effective in attracting the attention of collectors and others to these
most interesting and beautiful little bees, and that within the not far
distant future it will be possible to expand it into a complete and
representative monograph of the family.
In all twenty-nine species are considered, of which nine are de
scribed as new, this number including all species known to have
been recorded from the above I'egion up to the present time. A
large per cent, of the species from Mexico and Central America are
known in one sex only, and this condition will of course exist until
numerous specimens are brouglit to light from those localities. The
greatest difficulty in the study of the genus is in the extreme simi-
larity of the females of certain species, of which the males are very
easily separated. In most cases, however, a close study of the punc-
turation and of the infuscation of the wings, together with the gen-
eral habitus, will serve to separate them, although the differences
are often hard to express in a table. Concerning the characters to
TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. (15*) APEIL, 1907.
116 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
he used, the presence or absence of lateral face marks seems to be
constant, and is used as one of the first divisions in the table to the
females. The coloration of the tubercles, however, is not so relia-
ble, although as a general rule it is a good character. I have a
specimen of duiila with dark tubercles, also one of pacifica, yet these
species are placed under the division having them light or cream
colored. In the case of the males the shape of the apical plate is
very constant, though often difficult to describe in words, but this is
provided for by the sketches.
It is my pleasure to express thanks to Mr. Myron H. Swenk for
his valuable criticisms and for looking over the manuscript, to Prof.
L. Bruner, Mr. Henry L. Viereck, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, Mr.
C. F. Baker and Abbe V. A. Huard for invaluable assistance ren-
dered, and to many others who have by furnishing specimens or by
other means aided me.
CERATIIVA Latreille.
Synon : Zadontomerus Ashmead, Trans. A. Ent. Soc, xxvi, p. 69. ^
Mr. Viereck has examined the mouth parts of a specimen of the
type series of C. tejonensis Cresson, the type of the genus Zadonto-
merus, and finds the the maxillary palpi six-jointed, as in the other
species. The triangular tooth on the hind femora is present in a
majority of the species of Ceratina, and the shape of the apical plate
is hardly generic in character.
SYNOPSIS OF MALES.
1. Black bees, with white marking and whitish pubescence; very small species;
3-3.5 mm 2.
Metallic-blue or green bees ; both large and small species 3.
2. Apical plate concave, the concavity shallow; clypeus entirely white; the en-
tire face beluw the antennae white (Southwestern United States).
arizonensi^ Cockerell.
Apical plate crescent shaped, the corners acute ; clypeus and two good-sized
lateral face marks white (Texas) luiiala u. sp.
Apical plate rounded, and with an acute triangular tooth medially; clypeus
and two small lateral face marks white (Belize, British Honduras).
atrata n. sp.
3. Apical plate with two very small teeth medially ; small species 4.
Apical plate rounded, truncate, pointed, or obtusely bilobed 5.
4. Face very narrow; mandibles with only a small white spot; teeth of apical
plate blunt and indistinct; 3 mm bakeri n. sp.
Face broader; anterior margin of mandibles with a heavy white border; teeth
of apical plate pointed and well defined ; 3.5 mm- ■ .diodoiltst n. sp.
HARRY SCOTT SMITH. 117
5. Apical plate obtusely bilobed ; lateral face marks present; mandibles yellow-
ish-white basally 6.
Apical plate of various shapes, but not obtusely bilobed 7.
6. Interval between lobes with a small acute spine; legs dull red, shining.
rufipes F. Smith.
Interval between lobes without a spine ; legs not dull red; color a brilliant
blue-green ; 8 mm. (Cuba) cobsilti iia Ciesson.
7. Apical plate broad basally, but abruptly narrowed and then prolonged gradu-
ally into a narrow subacute projection medially 8.
Apical plate not gradually prolonged into a narrow subacute projection ; some-
times there is a small median projection, but the corners of the plate
are then sharp, or else the posterior margin forms a double sinus. .10.
8. Tubercles dark ; median projection of apical plate relatively narrow; central
arm of clypeal mark much shorter than the lateral ones; hind femora
produced beneath to an angle less than a right angle; 4.5-6 mm. (sub-
maritima Cockerell) acantha Provancher.
Tubercles light; median projection of apical plate relatively somewhat
broader 9.
9. Occiput closely punctured ; color bluish-green ; hind femora produced into an
angle greater than a right angle; 4.5 mm. (Southwestern States).
iianiila Cockerell.
Occiput more sparsely punctured; color brassy-green; arms of clypeal mark
about equal ; anterior tibise with a white line extending the entire
length ; 5-6 mm. (Pennsylvania) metallica n. sp.
10. Apical plate broad at apex, rounded or subtruucate, never pointed ; mandi-
bles dark at base 11.
Apical plate variously shaped, but not rounded or subtruncate at the apex as
above ; base of mandibles with a light spot 15.
11. Tubercles dark 12.
Tubercles white or cream colored 13.
12. Abdomen of a coppery hue; head and thoiax bluish-green ; small lateral face
marks present; wings dark smoky; 7 mm, (Central America).
abdomiiiaIi!« n. sp.
Abdomen bluish-green ; lateral face marks absent ; wings subbyaline ; 9 mm.
(California) tejonensiiii Cresson.
13. Anterior tibiffi reddish iu front, with a very well-defined light stripe on the
outer side; 5 mm. (Texas) . . -streiiua F. Smith.
Anterior tibiae blue-green in front, light stripe on outer side poorly defined,
or absent 14.
14. Face and disk of dorsal abdominal segments closely punctured ; color dark
bluish-green (United States) dupla Say.
Face and middle of dorsal abdominal segments more sparsely punctured ;
cheeks sparsely punctured ; color light, more yellowish-green (West-
ern United States) neomexicaiia Cockerell.
15. Wing nervures pale brown ; mesothorax finely punctured ; spots on face con-
flueut with the clypeal marks; 9-10 mm. (Mexico).
niexicaiia Cresson.
Wing nervures black ; mesothorax more coarsely punctured ; spots on face not
confluent with the clypeal marks; 10 mm. (Mex.).. .azteca Cresson
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SYNOPSIS OF FEMALES.
1. Black bees with white markings and whitish pubescence ; very small species;
3-4 mm 2.
Greenish or blue bees, both large and small species 3.
2. Scutellum sparsely punctured (Belize, British Honduras). .. .alrala n. sp.
Scutellum more closely punctured (Southwestern United States).
liinata n. sp.
3. Lateral face marks present -4.
Lateral face marks absent 9.
4. Abdomen bright crimson or carmine ; head and thorax brilliant green 5.
Abdomen bluish or greenish 6.
5. Legs pale ferruginous; wings subhyaline; size smaller, 8-9 mm. (Panama).
eximia F. Smith.
Legs green ; wings smoky ; size larger, 10.5-11.5 mm. (Mexico).
aniabilijii Cockerell.
6. Color extremely brilliant golden-green ; face with a few broad, deep punc-
tures; clypeus with a slender inverted T-shaped mark, not usually
found in females; anterior tibite with white stripe extending entire
length ; 4.5-6 mm. (Belize, British Honduraz). . .auriviridis n. sp.
Color not as above ; clypeal marks of usual form 7.
7. Color olive-green ; lateral face marks elongated, i-eaching level of antennae
(Panama) puuctulata Spinola.
Dark bronze-green 8.
8. Size large, 10-11 mm. (Mexico) mexicaiia Cresson.
Size smaller, 7-8 mm. (Panama) placida F. Smith.
9. Tubercles white or cream colored 10.
Tubercles concolorous with rest of thorax 16.
10. Wings hyaline or smoky, nervnres darker; head very large; abdomen olive-
green ; 9-10 mm. (Mexico) capifO!sa F. Smith.
Wings hyaline or smoky, nervures darker; head not unusually large. . . -11.
11. Wings clear hyaline, strongly iridescent; small species, 3. 5-5. 5 mm. (Texas). 13.
Wings more or less smoky ; both large and small species 12.
12. Size large, 10 mm. ; face and mesothorax anteriorly very sjiarsely punctuied ;
wings very dark, especially on anterior margin ; pleura with a large
impunctate area above (Southern California) pacifica n. sp.
Size smaller, 8 mm. or less; pleura with no impunctate area, or with a very
small one 14.
13. Smaller, color more brass-green; wings very strongly iridescent; punctures
of face broad .' diodonta n. sp.
Usually larger, color more bluish-green ; iridescence of wings not so strong;
punctures of face smaller iianula Cockerell.
14. Mesothorax in front sparsely punctured ; wings strongly suffused with brown ;
abdomen sparsely punctured medially; 7-9 mm. (New Mexico).
neomexicana Cockerell.
Mesothorax in front closely punctured ; wings not so dark as above ; abdomen
more closely punctured medially 15.
15. Face closely punctured; bluish-green; wings only faintly smoky; cheeks
more closely punctured ; size larger, 7-8 mm. (U. S.). . . -dupla Say.
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Face with large, widely separated punctures; olive-green; wings sliglitly
dusky toward apex ; cheeks almost impunctate ; size smallei', 4-6 mm.
(Mexico, Central America) naiitlana Cockerell.
16. Wings yellowish, nervures almost colorless; head very large; abdomen olive-
green ; 9-10 mm. (Mexico) capitosa F. Smith.
Wings either hyaline or smoky, nervures darker 17.
17. Size very large, 11-13 mm 18.
Size smaller, 6-9 mm 19.
18. Color brilliant peacock-green ; head strongly punctured ; dorsal abdominal
segments margined with black ; length 11 mm. (Panama).
Isetii, Spinola.
Color dark blue ; head finely and very sparsely punctured ; head one and one-
half times as wide as thorax ; wings dark smoky ; length 13 mm.
(Southern California) gigantea n. sp.
19. Color bright metallic-green ; wings in fuscated ; head and mesothorax closely
punctured ; abdomen bluish-green, tip incurved ; 6 mm. (Cuba).
cyaiiiTeiitris Cresson.
Color bluish or bronze-green, not bright metallic as above 20.
20. Head and thorax dark steel-blue or bluish-green 21.
Head and thorax greenish, somewhat lighter 22.
21. Abdomen coppery; wings strongly infuscatcd; checks s])arsely punctured;
8 mm. (Central America) abtloiuiiialis n. sp.
Abdomen tinged with olive-green, sometimes golden at apex; 7-9 mm.
(Mexico) igiiara ('resson.
22. Face, abdomen and pleura more closely punctured; wings darker; 8 mm.
(Mexico) lowiisendi Cockerell.
Face, abdomen and pleura more sparsely punctured; wings not so dark;
5-6 mm. (Western U. S.J. {submaritima Ckll.), acantha Prov.
Ceratina lunata n. sp.
% . Length 3 ram. — Shining black, with ivory-white markings. Face smooth
and impunctate, or with only an occasional roughening of surface. Clypeus en-
tirely ivory-white. Labrum with a large quadrate whitish mark medially and a
dark spot laterally. Mandibles dark, rufous medially. Lateral face marks pres-
ent, same color as clypeus and extending upward half way to its upper margin.
Antennse brown, inserted in broad, deep depressions, the two separated by a
strong median ridge which has a single row of punctures on each side. Vertex
smooth, occiput with a few punctures, cheeks entirely impunctate. Mesothorax
punctured around the edges, impunctate on the disk. Scutellum and postscutel-
lum very finely punctured, metathorax extremely so, the upper surface with a
median depression. Pleura finely punctured, tubercles entirely white. Abdo-
men strongly narrowed basally. First segment impunctate, usually somewhat
testaceous, remaining segments finely rugose-punctate, fringed with light hairs.
Venter finely punctured, somewhat testaceous. Apical plate crescent shaped.
Legs testaceous, anterior femora with a white stripe extending two-thirds of the
length, tibiae with stripe running entire length, tarsi yellowish. Posterior tibiae
with stripe running about half the length. Middle femora with an obtuse tooth
such as is found on the hind femora of other species. Wings hyaline, strongly
iridescent, basal part yellowish.
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V . Differs from the male as follows : size somewhat larger ; clypeus with only
a rectangular ivory-white mark ; labrum and sides of face entirely dark ; thorax
more closely punctured ; abdomen pointed at apex.
Described from 6 males and 2 females taken at Fedor, Lee Co.,
Texas, March and April, 1902, by Rev. G. Birkmann.
This species and the following one are the second and third black
species described from North America, the only other described spe-
cies being C. arizonensis Cockerell. The name lunata refers to the
crescent- shaped apical plate of the male.
Ceratina atrata n. sp.
% . Length 3.5 mm.— Body shining black. Face impuuctate, clypeus with
the usual ivory-white T-shaped mark, the central arm about twice the length of
the lateral ones, that portion of the face above them with a minute white dot.
Labrum brownish with a median white patch, mandibles black, rufous toward
the tips. Cheeks almost entirely impunctate, occiput with a very few irregular
punctures. Antennse brownish-black. Mesothorax with a narrow border of
punctures, but smooth on disk excepting the longitudinally impressed lines.
Scutellum and postscutellum finely punctured, metathorax still more finely so.
First abdominal segment impunctate, remaining segments with fine punctures,
the apical plate broad, with corners rounded and with a sharp point at the apex,
like the lower edge of a shield, and finely punctured dorsally. Tenter having
segments fringed with silvery hairs. Legs black, tarsi ferruginous, anterior
tibise with a broad white stripe in front. Tubercles white. Wings subhyaline,
strongly iridescent, nervures and stigma dark brown.
9. Differs from the % in having only a broad rectangular stripe on the cly-
peus, no white on the labrum, and in the sparsely punctured scutellum.
Described from a pair from Belize, British Honduras, sent to me
by Mr. C. F. Baker.
Ceratina bakeri n. sp.
% . Length 3 mm.— Dark bluish-green. Face comparatively very narrow,
coarsely punctured, the punctures very sparse directly above the clypeus.
T-shaped clypeal mark with central arm much longer and wider thau lateral
ones. Labrum whitish, with a black spot on each side. Mandibles lighter at tip.
Cheeks sparsely but deeply punctured, occiput densely so. Mesothorax quite
densely punctured, with three indistinctly impressed longitudinal lines. Scu-
tellum and postscutellum finely and closely punctured. Superior face of meta-
thorax longitudinally striate, posterior face punctate. First segment of abdomen
almost entirely smooth, second and third finely punctured, remaining segments
rugose, fringed with quite long whitish hairs. Apical plate shaped similarly to
that of C. diodonta, the two teeth not so distinct, however. Legs green, tarsi fer-
ruginous. Anterior tibise with a pale stripe running two-thirds of the way to
base of tarsus, knees white. Tubercles white, wings hyaline, strongly iridescent.
Related to C. diodonta, hut easily separated by the much narrower
face and difference in sculpture.
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Described from a unique male collected at Acapulco, Mexico.
Dedicated to Mr. C. F. Baker, from whom it was received, and
wlio collected the type.
Ceratina acaiitha Provaucher, Nat. Can., Vol. xxii (Dec, 1895), p. 190, 9 .
Synon. C. submaritima Cockerell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. (Sept., 18971,
p. 352. ^ , 9 .
Through the kindness of Abbe V. A. Huard, curator of the Pro-
vancher collection, I have examined the type of C. acantha, and
find it identical with C. sitbmaritima Cockerel), 9 > hence the former
name holds by virtue of priority.
Oratina diodoiita n. sp.
%. Leugth 3.5-5 mm. — Body sliining, in general appearance somewbat like
C. nanida Ckll., but smaller and of a more brassy color. Mesothorax sometimes
with a tinge of purplish on the disk. Antennse dark brown. Face much more
coarsely punctured than in bakeri, clypeus with a large creamy-white inverted
T-shaped mark, the three arms approximately equal, anterior margin darker.
Lower side of face with a white dot or triangular mark on each side of clypeus.
Labrum entirely white, but for a black dot on each side. Mandibles black, an-
teriorly with a heavy white border. Occiput more finely punctured than face,
cheeks almost impunctate. Mesothorax finely punctured in front, with the usual
impressed lines, almost impunctate on the disk. Scutellum finely punctured,
postscutellum extremely so. Superior face of metathorax finely rugose, posterior
face with fine punctures, smooth beneath, lateral faces similar. Pleura coarsely
punctured like the face. First abdominal segment almost impunctate, next two
finely punctured, sparsely so on the disk, remaining segments rugose, fringed
with a few light hairs. Apical segment broad, but with two small teeth medially.
Femora and tibise green, with whitish pubescence, tarsi testaceous. Tubercles
white. Wings hyaline, strongly iridescent.
9. Differs from the male by the more sparsely punctured face and occiput,
the clypeal marking is merely an oblong mark, and the mesothorax is more
sparsely punctured.
Described from numerous specimens from Fedor, Lee County,
Texas, February 24th to April 27th, Rev. G. Birkmann, collector.
The female of this species is difficult to separate from the female
nanida, but differs in the more brassy color, smaller size and more
iridescent wings.
Ceratina metallica n. sp.
% . Length 5-6 mm. — Body entirely brassy-green, shining. Clypeus almost
entirely white, the three arms of the clypeal marks about equal. Face coarsely
and quite densely punctured, clypeus with numerous irregular indentations.
Labrum with a quadrate white spot, maudibles black. Cheeks with distinct,
well separated punctures, occiput with punctures close together. Mesothorax
closely punctured, excepting on the disk, and with five longitudinally impressed
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122 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
lines. Scutellum and postscutellum somewliat more finely punctured. First
segment of abdomen with a few punctures in the middle, otherwise perfectly
smooth, two and three finely and closely punctured, remaining segments rugose,
six with a prominent brush of light hairs. Apical plate very narrow, as in
acantha and nanula. Legs green, tarsi fulvous at tip. Knees with a white dot,
anterior tibise with a white line extending entire length. Tubercles white.
Wings hyaline, strongly iridescent.
Described from two males from Sunbury, Pennsylvania, sent to
me by Mr. C. F. Baker.
Ceratiiia abdoininalis u. sp.
% . Length 7 mm. — Body shining, head and thorax dark bluish-green, some-
times feneous. Abdomen a brilliant coppery hue. Face with coarse, rather
sparse punctures, quite irregular, clypeus impunctate. Antennae black. Clypeus
excepting the narrow reflexed anterior margin, a triangular space on the face on
each side of the clypeus, and a quadrate spot in the middle of the labrum, yellow.
Mandibles wholly black, or with the tips reddish. Labrum coarsely and sparsely
punctured, clothed with a few pale hairs. Cheeks and occiput quite closely punc-
tured, excepting a narrow impunctate area just behind the eyes. Posterior mar-
gin of the occiput strongly reflexed. Thorax finely punctured, disk impunctate
and blackish in color, with five short, impressed longitudinal lines. Scutellum
finely punctured, postscutellum more closely so, sometimes brassy-green in color.
Dorsal portion of metathorax irregularly longitudinally striated, the truncation
extremely minutely punctured, posterior face closely punctured above, more
sparsely so below. Pleura with good sized punctures, about as far apart as their
diameters, and clothed with sparse white pubescence. Tubercles concolorous
with rest of thorax. Abdomen bright coppery, first segment impunctate, except
on the disk, second and third segments finely punctured, remaining ones some-
what rugose. Venter brassy-green, closely punctured, each segment with a fringe
of white hairs, tip of abdomen also with long pubescence, penultimate dorsal
segment with a short median brush. Apical plate truncate, almost twice as broad
as long, corners well rounded. Legs green, pubescent, tarsi ferruginous, with
light fulvous pubescence on inner side. Wings dark smoky, strongly iridescent,
tegulie piceous.
9. Dilfers from the % as follows: length 8 mm., head proportionately some-
what wider than in % ; clypeal marking consists of an obconic yellow spot, no
lateral face marks, or marks on labrum; clypeus with a few coarse punctures.
Apex of abdomen pointed.
Type. — I and 9, Monte Redunda, Costa Rica, March, 1902.
Thirty-two paratypes from above locality and Juan Vinas (L.
Bruner), and one from San Marcos, Nicaragua (C. F. Baker).
Ceratina auriviridis n. sp.
9. Length 4.5-6 mm. — Brilliant peacock-green throughout, with bright
golden reflections. Face with a very few broad, deep punctures, irregular in
shape and size. Clypeus medially and spaces above lateral portions of clypeus
impunctate, also a large space lateral to and above the antennae extending to a
line passing behind the lateral ocelli ; a row of punctures form a V in front of
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the ocelli. Cheeks almost eutirely smooth, occiput coarsely punctured. Clypeus
with an inverted T-shaped white mark, the arms very slender as compared with
those of other species. A dot ahove the lateral portions of the clypeus, and a
slender mark along the inner orbit of the eye about the height of the antennse,
also base of mandibles white, remaining portion rufous. Labrum entirely dark,
sometimes ferruginous. Thorax closely punctured, smooth on the disk and with
five distinct grooves, the lateral ones much shortened anteriorly. Scutellum with
sparse, medium sized punctures, postscutellum finely and closely punctured.
Metnthorax with punctures of various sizes, those on the truncation being much
the finer. The upper surface bears a short median carina. First segment of
abdomen almost impunctate, next two finely and closely punctured, remaining
segments rugose, last segment pointed and with a fringe of light hairs, each seg-
ment having a narrow black margin. Venter thinly pubescent. Legs green,
tarsi and extreme portions of tibige ferruginous. Anterior tibife with a whitish
stripe in front extending the entire length, femora with a white spot on the outer
side. Pleura with thin white pubescence. Wings hyaline, faintly clouded at the
tips, iridescent. Tegulse light brown, tubercles green.
Described from two 9 specimens from Belize, British Honduras,
received from Mr. C. F. Baker.
Tliis is a *very pretty species, easily recognized by the golden-
green color, puncturation and clypeal markings.
Ceralina pacifica n. sp.
9. Length 10 mm. — Dark bluish-green, shining. Clypeus with an oblong
yellowish spot, with a very few coarse punctures, smooth on the disk. Mandi-
bles and labrum black. Face very sparsely punctured, antennse black, rufous
beneath. Cheeks finely and very sparsely punctured, occiput much more closely
so. Mesothorax also finely and sparsely punctured, impunctate on the disk, and
with five longitudinal grooves. Pleura with a large impunctate area above. Scu-
tellum sparsely punctured, postscutellum more densely so. Upper surface of
metathorax roughened anteriorly, exceedingly minutely punctured on the trun-
cation, posterior surface and metapleura finely punctured, the former with a deep
longitudinal sulcus. First abdominal segment almost impunctate, two and three
finely punctured, remaining segments rugose. Legs blue-green, with yellowish
white pubescence, knees with a white dot, tips of tarsi ferruginous. Tubercles
white. Wings smoky hyaline, nervures black.
Type locality, Wilson Peak, Los Angeles County, California,
altitude 6000 ft. ; also from Tehachapi Mts., altitude 4000 ft.. Dr.
A. Davidson collector; one specimen from Claremont, California,
C. F. Baker collector.
This species presents a dimorphism, in the shape of cheek spines,
similar to that found in some species of the genus Perdita.
Ceratina gigantea n. sp.
9 • Length 13 mm. — Color blue-green. Head quadrate, width one and one-
half times that of the thorax. Eyes comparatively very small. Clypeus very
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124 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
short and broad, with a triangular whitish mark, sparsely punctured. Labr\ini
large and black in color. Mandibles very heavy and strongly elbowed. Face
sparsely punctured, cheeks and occiput almost impunctate. Mesothorax very
sparsely punctured, smooth and purplish on the disk, and with the usual im-
pressed lines. Scutellum and postscutellum finely and rather closely punctiired.
Anterior half of upper surface of metatborax rugose, remaining part extremely
minutely punctured, strongly contrasting with the coarser punctures of the pos-
terior face. Abdomen large and broad, finely punctured, posterior segments ru-
gose. Venter clothed with fine grayish-white pubescence. Legs greenish-blue,
clothed with light pubescence, knees having a white spot, tips of tarsi ferrugin-
ous. Tubercles concolorous with thorax. Wings smoky hyaline.
Described from one 9 specimen, collected by Dr. A. Davidson in
Tehachapi Mountains, California, altitude 4000 ft.
This species is rendered very distinct by its great size, and its large
and peculiarly punctured head.
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NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUID^ FOR 1907.
No. 1.
BY JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D.
Aci'oiiycta elisabeta u. sp.
Ground color a very uniform ash-gray, without conspicuous powderings. Front
of head with a smoky tinge and the thoracic disc with a faint luteous shading.
Primaries with all the maculation very neatly written, not diffuse. The black
basal streak is very well defined, sharply marked to the t. a. line, the inner part
of which it joins. Basal line geminate, obscurely marked and lost before the
basal streak. T. a. line geminate, outwardly oblique from costa, the outer por-
tion lost below costal inception, the inner black, broken, clearly defined at and
each side of its junction with the basal streak, less evident beyond that to the
inner margin, interrupted by an inward tooth on the submedian vein. T. p. line
narrow, black, lunulate, preceded by a narrow white line, widely outcurved over
the cell and well drawn in below, crossed in the submedian interspace by a very
distinct sharply defined black streak. A diffusely lunulate, interrupted whitish
s. t. line. A dusky terminal line with larger interspaceal dots, beyond which is
a dusky interline in the fringes. An obscure luteo-olivaceous median shade ex-
tends obliquely from the middle of the costa to the lower part of the reniforni
and is then lost. Orbicular oval, incomplete, concolorous; reniform kidney-
shaped, inner side very convex, moderate in size, somewhat darkened inferiorly.
Secondaries of male uniformly smoky fuscous. Beneath: primaries blackish,
paler toward base, with an augulated exterior line. Secondaries whitish, pow-
dery, more so along costa, with an irregular extra-median blackish line and a
large ovate discal spot.
Expands 1.32 inches = 33 mm.
Hab. — North Elizabeth, New Jersey, in August.
One good male from Mr. H. H. Brehme taken on a maple tree.
The species suggests radcliffei at first sight; but is not as bright a
gray and not nearly so well marked. It has rather a more uni-
formly dull gray than any other of our species, and the dusky sec-
ondaries of the male are characteristic and unlike any other of our
forms.
Specimens are also in the collections of Messrs. Buchholz of Eliza-
beth, and Keller of Newark.
Semiophora grisatra n. sp.
Head and tliorax bluish-gray, palpi dark brown except at tip. Primaries blue-
gray over a smoky base. Basal line distinct, single, black, broadest on costa, nar-
rowing to tlie submedian vein, where it ends. T. a. line marked by an oblique
l)lack costal streak which touches the middle of the orbicular, by a blackish spot
in cell before the orbicular, and by a vague line of black scales following a
slightly paler shade from median vein to inner margin. T. p. line marked by a
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126 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
tiiangulHr black spot on costa over reniform, then by a very even jjaler gray line
which runs parallel to outer margin. S. t. line irregular, marked by a preceding
smoky shading which is sharply defined against the paler terminal space. Clavi-
foVm indicated by blackish scales. The cell around the ordinary spots is some-
what smoky, and as the spots themselves are somewhat paler than the ground,
they stand out sharply without other defining lines. Orbicular oval, oblique, of
good size. Eeniform moderate in size, oblique, broadly kidney shaped. Second-
aries blackish, with pale somewhat rosy fringes. Beneath : primaries blackish,
with a lilac-gray washing and a darker extra-median line ; secondaries more gray,
more powdery, the lilac tinting more obvious, with a narrow extra-median line
and small discal spot. The entire body beneath is of the same lilac-gray tinge.
Expands 1.55 inches = 39 mm.
Hah. — Lakehurst, N. J., September 27th.
Oue female in good condition. This has the wing form o{ elimata,
but is much more evenly gray than any example of that species that
I have ever seen, and has almost black secondaries, which never
occur in the olcler species. There are other differences in details of
maculation, such as the absence of basal black streak, which may be
better pointed out when additional material is at had. The speci-
men was taken at sugar by Mr. J. A. Grossbeck.
Seiniophora atoma n. sp.
Ground color of the usual light red brown, more or less washed with gray, so
that in some cases the general impression is gray rather than brown. Head and
thorax concolorous, save that the front may be gray in a brown specimen, and
the sides of the jjalpi are deep blackish-brown. Primaries more or less powdered
with black atoms, some specimens very evenly irrorate, with all the usual mark-
ings either obsolete or very faintly defined. In the best marked example there
is a broken black basal line, marked by scattered scales. T. a. line marked by
an oblique dusky costal streak in all specimen.s, below that lost or traceable
obliquely to near the middle of inner margin.. T. p. line usually marked on
costa, below that lost or obscurely marked by blackish scales, indicating a small
even outcurve over cell and as moderate an incurve below it. S. t. line very
faintly indicated by a slightly darker preceding shade. Ordinary spots altogether
lost or very vaguely defined. Orbicular large, round or nearly so; reniform
large, broadly kidney shaped. The spots are either concolorous and have a few
black scales indicating outlines, or they are a tritle paler and have no defining
scales. Secondaries smoky, with an obscure discal lunule, fringes rosy. Beneath
carneous, powdery, primaries with disc smoky and with a faint extra median
line; secondaries paler, more brightly rosy, with a small discal spot and a better
marked discal line.
Expauds 1.17-1.35 inches = 29-34 mm.
Hab: — Lakehurst, N. J., September 27th.
One male and nine females, mostly in fair condition. The male
is very much rubbed, but has legs and antennae intact, so as to war-
rant the generic reference. The females are mostly flown, but are
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Otherwise iu good condition. This is distinctly the smallest species
in this series and characteristic by the almost complete absence of
maculation. The pectinations of the male antenuse are as in elimata.
The specimens were taken at sugar by Mr. J. A. Grossbeck.
!§»etagrotis fllii!« n. sp.
Ground color bluish-ash-gray. Head more whitish, palpi black at the sides.
Collar with a blackish median line, inferlorly a little paler. Thoracic tuftings
distinct, patagia with a black line at base of wings. Primaries with the trans-
verse maculation obscure, except for the t. p. line, which is marked by veuular
pale dots, the tendency being toward a strigate type which is not, however, very
conspicuously developed. There is a narrow black basal streak marked by a
paler gray shade which extends into an outward angle of the t. a. line nearly to
the middle of the wing, and beyond which a narrow obscurely marked claviform
extends across the median space. The basal line is marked by geminate oblique
streaks on the costa. T. a. line broken, partly lost, with long outward teeth in
the interspaces, geminate, with gray included spaces. T. p. line irregularly cren-
ulate and denticulate, incomplete, but marked on the veins by a series of gray
dots, which after the abrupt outcurve on the costa, run almost parallel with the
outer margin. S. t. line lost, the interspaces toward the margin with diffuse
smoky shadings. There is a narrow pale line at the base of the gray fringes.
Orbicular very narrow, oblique, gray filled, open toward the costa, narrowly black
margined and extending to the inferior angle of the reniform,but not fused with
it. Secondaries rather evenly smoky, the discal lunule and median line of under,
side showing through. Beneath : gray, powdery, costal region of both wings
with a reddish tinge; a common crenulate extra-median line and a smoky discal
lunule.
Expands 1.40 inches = 35 mm.
Hab. — Pullman, Washington, August 21, 1897.
One male, in good condition, from Prof. C. V. Piper. This spe-
cies has been in my collection for many years associated with the
female of dernarius, also now described. I could never decide
whether I had one species in which the sexes differed markedly or
whether there were two allied species, and therefore waited for addi-
tional material. The occuri'ence of a male dernarius has enabled
me to decide the question satisfactorily. The antennae are serrated
and bristle tufted, and the species is allied to vernilis in type of
maculation. As I cannot actually demonstrate any spinulation
of the fore-tibia, perhaps a generic reference to Anomogyna as de-
fined by Hampson may be better; but as in dernarius, which is
closely allied, there are none visible in the female, though they are
obvious in the somewhat defective male, I prefer to hold the species
here for the present, until more material will enable the question to
be settled.
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128 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Setagrotis dernariuiii n. sp.
Ground color dull smoky brown, tending to more reddish-brown. Head paler
brown, with an admixture of white scales and a narrow black median transverse
line; palpi blackish at sides. Collar with two darker and two paler brown lines,
and whitish at tip. Thoracic disc gray; the patagia mottled with blackish scales.
Primaries grayish, powdered along the costal region, this powdering extended'
also in the basal and s. t. spaces, and somewhat along the inner margin, leaving
a darker longitudinal shading through the centre of the wing. The transverse
maculation is lost or modified to a strigate type. Tliere is a narrow blackish
basal streak extending to an angle of the t. a. line and beyond this an obscure
claviform reaches to the middle of the wing. Basal line geminate, marked by
oblique costal streaks only. T. a. line geminate, strongly dentate, broken, inclu-
ded space whitish, and this whitish included line is all that remains in the me-
dian cell. T. p. line marked by venular black and pale dots, on the whole paral"
lei with the outer margin. Veins black lined, interrupted on the t. p. line, and
accompanied by white shades on veins 3 and 4, so as to cut the terminal space to
the outer margin. No obvious s. t. line. A series of small blackish terminal
lunules. A pale line at the base of the dusky fringes, which, opposite the veins,
are narrowly cut with paler brown. The orbicular is narrow, very much elon-
gate, a little oblique, ringed with whitish, centred with brown. It does not quite
reach the reniform, which is broadly ovate, dusky, incompletely outlined. Sec-
ondaries whitish, with a yellowish tinge, the outer border darker and with darker
powdering.s on the veins; discal luuule blackish. Beneath: gray, powdery; pri-
maries with disc smoky, with a broad outer smoky line and a discal spot; second-
aries more whitish below the costal region, with a punctiform outei' line and a
narrow discal lunule.
Expands 1.23-1.38 inches = 31-34 mm.
/ra6.— California, W. D. Urban, 1906, 106 ; Easton, Washington.
One male, the smaller example from California, was sent by Sir
George F. Hampsoa for identification, and is somewhat defective
and rubbed ; one female, the larger example from Washington was
probal)ly from Prof. Piper's lot, although not dated and without his
label ; but it is an almost perfect specimen, and from it the descrip-
tion was chiefly made. As already noted I had the male^^us asso-
ciated with this female until the specimen from the British Museum
furnished an exact mate to it. In this male the antennae are very
strongly serrated and tufted, and the spines on the anterior legs are
obvious. Thi.s, therefore, belongs to Lycophotia as defined by Hamp-
son and to which Setagrotis is referred as a synonym. For the pres-
ent I am not quite ready to agree to this, and therefore hold to ray
generic reference.
Setagrotis diicniis n. sp.
Ground color dull powdery luteo-fuscous. Head, except front, whitish ; palpi
with white intermingling hair. Collar inferiorly white, limited by a median
brown line, above which there are blackish scales. Thoracic vestiture defective
JOHN B. SMITH, SC D. 129
ill the specimen, but apparently the disc was wliitish, powdered centrally. Pri-
maries white, powdered along costa, on the median vein, at the base and, in the
s. t. space, over veins 3, 4, 6 and 7. Basal line geminate, blackish, broken, marked
on the costa and below the median vein. T. a. line geminate, broken, black, an-
gulated in the interspaces. T. p. line single, feebly crenulated, very narrow,
blackish, evenly outcurved over the cell and almost rigidly oblique below the
curve. S. t. line marked by the smoky terminal space and the preceding white
powdering to vein 3, below which it is whitish, broad, somewhat diffuse to the
hind angle. On veins 3 and 4 the whitish powdering indents the terminal space
and on veins 6 and 7 there is another outward extension which leaves an inward
angular extension of the terminal space. Apex pale. There is a series of distinct
black interspaceal terminal lunules. Fringes luteous at base, darker outwardly.
'As a whole the median space is darker than basal and s. t. spaces, and not quite
so dark as the terminal space; the cell, except for the ordinary spots, blackish.
Claviform small, incompletely outlined by blackish scales, paler than the ground,
the pale shade extending outward through the submedian interspace to the t. p.
line. Orbicular small, oblong, oblique, defined by black scales, with a broad
white annulus; centre luteous. Reniform of good size, kidney shaped, white
ringed within the black border, centered with luteous. Secondaries smoky, paler,
more luteous at base, fringes white. Beneath : primaries with disc smoky, the
borders white, a series of small, black, terminal dots. Secondaries white, pow-
dery along the costal region, smoky along the outer border, with a small dark
discal dot.
Expands 1.40 inches = 35 mm.
Hah. — Stockton, Utah,
One female in excellent condition, except for the vestiture of
thoracic disc, and probably directly or indirectly from Mr. Tom
Spalding. At first sight this resembles an Euxoa of the Jf^-dentata
series ; but although no male is at hand I think the present referen-
ces will hold.
Euxoa inoxa n. sp.
Head, thorax and primaries a rather dull creamy gray. Head with a slightly
rusty tinge, which extends to a greater or less degree on to the collar. Primaries
with a pale, slightly sinuate s. t. line through a smoky outer shade, and a pale
ringed reniform of moderate size in which is a blackish inferior diffuse spot. All
the other maculation is lost. It is possible to make out a round orbicular of mod-
erate size by a few black scales and a vague paler ring; and so the course of the
median lines is indicated, if one knows exactly what to look for. Fringes ru.sty.
with a yellow interline. Secondaries smoky yellowish in both sexes, a little
paler in the male, fringes pale ; a narrow discal lunule. Beneath : powdery gray,
primaries with disc smoky, all with a small discal spot; in the female there is a
broken exterior line on all wings.
Expands 1.40-1.50 inches = 35-37.5 mm.
^^^,_Colorado, Gleriwood Springs ; Durango, July 8th to 15th.
One % and one 9 in good condition. The species is allied to
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130 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
scandens in simplicity of maculation ; but tlie median lines are even
more completely lost, the s, t. line is less contrasting, the color is
darker and the secondaries in both sexes are dusky. The species is
also rather more robust in appearance than the other closely related
forms.
Eiixoa epictnta n. sp.
Head, thorax and primaries pale reddish-gray, the latter powdered with
darker gray. Head and thorax concolorous. Primaries with the ornamentation
just traceable, except for the reniform which is lunate, moderate in size, blackish-
gray, ringed with pale, but not sharply defined. Basal line geminate, marked
on the costa and median vein by smoky dots. T. a. line geminate, hardly relieved,
outwardly oblique, evenly angulated in the interspaces. T. p. line geminate,
even, oblique, feebly sinuate. S. t. line of the ground color, irregular, marked
by an obscure powdering that darkens the outer portion of the wing. A series
of narrow terminal lunules which form an almost continuous line, and a pale
line at the base of the fringes. Orbicular round, concolorous or slightly darker,
marked by a diffuse slightly paler annulus. Secondaries whitish, with a narrow
smoky outer border. Beneath : whitish, primaries powdery, with the discal spot
of upper side faintly reprodued ; secondaries powdery along the costa.
Expands 1.40-1.48 inches = 35-37 mm.
Hab. — Southern Arizona, April 15th to 30th, Poling.
TwoS and six 9 , all in fair condition. The species has a resem-
blance to a faded Orthosia lutosa, and was at first placed with the
material in that genus. It belongs to the pitychroiis section and has
no close allies.
Schinia sara n. sp.
Ground color reddish-luteous, intermingled or overlaid by rusty or dull brown
scales. Head and thorax concolorous. Front scarcely tumid and not noticeably
roughened. Primaries: basal space chocolate or rusty-brown, s. t. space scarcely
paler, but tending to become interrupted at its middle; median and terminal
spaces almost concolorous and more powdery. Median lines pale, even, defined
by an edging of somewhat darker scales or the contrasting shades of basal and
s. t. spaces. T. a. line with a rather even outcurve, the angle above the middle
of the wing. T. p. line distinctly bisinuate. S. t. line a little irregular, pale,
chiefly marked by the difference in shade between s. t. and terminal spaces. A
dusky indefined reniform. Secondaries yellowish, with rusty brown powdering,
hardly more obvious outwardly. Beneath pale, outwardly powdered with red-
dish or brown scales, less so on secondaries.
Expands 1.00-1.12 inches = 25-28 mm.
Hab. — Wilgus, Cochise Co., Arizona.
Two females, in fair condition. This is an ally of oleagina Strck.,
but differs altogether in the course of the lines and in the contrasts
between the spaces. The anterior tibia has a long curved inner and
JOHN B. SMITH, SC D. 131
a shorter outer claw at tip, aud above these the usual smaller spines.
In the U. S. N. M. are specimens from the Organ Mountains, New
Mexico, viii, 30, and ix, 4, elevation 5,300 feet.
Scliinia biita a. sp.
Ground color pale creamy, mingled and overlaid by somewhat glossy reddish-
gray scales, which gives the entire insect a soft reddish-gray appearance. Head
and thorax concolorous, front tumid. Primaries with median space paler than
basal and terminal spaces and more powdery, well defined by the broad, whitish,
even median lines. T. a. line inwardly bordered by darker scales, moderately
outcurved, the angle of the curve on the median vein. T. p. line outwardly bor-
dered by dusky scales, very evenly and slightly sinuate. There is no s. t. line.
The reniform is oblong, slightly darker than the ground, not defined, and from
it a very faint median shade line extends to the middle of the inner margin.
Secondaries of much the same general tint as primaries, more thinly scaled, a
little paler at base. Beneath: uniform powdery reddish-luteous, secondaries
with a slightly darker shade band outwardly.
Expands 1.15 inches := 29 mm.
Hab. — Los Angeles County, California.
One good male. It differs from all its immediate allies in the
entire absence of the s. t. line and in the general agreement of tint
between the two pairs of wings. The tibial armature is characteris-
tic of the genus : one long outer claw with a series of smaller spines
above, a shorter inner claw and two shorter claw-like spines above.
Schinia ernesta n. sp.
Ground color pale creamy yellowish, with an overlay or intermingling of red-
dish scales. Head aud thorax concolorous. Front slightly tumid, a little rough-
ened. Primaries somewhat darker beyond the t. p. line, all the maculation very
obscure. T. a. line slightly darker than the ground, preceded by a slightly paler
shade outwardly bent from costa, with the angle in the middle of the cell, evenly
oblique below. T. p. line a little paler than the ground, preceded by a narrower
darker line and outwardly defined by the darker s. t. space, very slightly sinuate.
S. t. line a little paler than the ground, not sharply defined, almost parallel with
the outer margin. A vague slightly darker reniform. Secondaries glossy yellow-
ish, scarcely darker outwardly. Beneath : primaries yellowish at base, pinkish-
red beyond the middle; secondaries yellowish.
Expands 1.12 inches = 28 mm.
Hub.— Gar&e\d Co., Colorado, 5000 feet.
One good male from Mr. David Bruce. It bears a superficial re-
semblance to buta in color, and a closer one to sara in maculation,
but is distinct from the former by the presence of the s. t. line and
from the later in the color and course of the median lines. The an-
terior tibiae are wanting, and the armature is assumed to be similar
to that of buta.
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132 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Tseiiioeaiiipa saleppa u. sp.
Ground color red-brown. Head and collar paler, more yellowish or rusty;
dorsum uniform dark red-brown. Primaries varying from an even dark red-
brown to a mottled powdery dark brown over a yellowish-brown base. Median
lines usually obscured and broken by the mottlings, but in a uniformly colored
example all the lines are completely defined. Basal line brown, obscurely gemi-
nate, marked only in costal region. T. a. line single, rusty-brown, nearly even
and only a little outwardly oblique. T. p. line single, a little crenulated, with an
even outcurve over the cell and a deep incurve below, so that the space between
the median lines on inner margin is very narrow. S. t. line pale, very nearly
parallel with outer margin, usually indicated by the difference between the paler
terminal and darker s. t. space ; but when there is no such diiFerence then by an
indefined line of the palest ground. A series of blackish veuular dots before the
margin. A very narrow crenulate blackish marginal line, followed by a pale line
at base of fringes. Margin a little scalloped. Claviform wanting. Orbicular of
good size, oblique, a little or no paler than ground color, defined by blackish
scales, tending to become open to costa and to unite with the reniform inferiorly,
the union becoming complete in some cases. Reniform moderate in size, kidney-
shaped, outlined by a narrow pale ring, uniformly darker tlian the ground, but
not contrasting. Secondaries smoky, with coppery-brown powderings, with a
blackish discal spot and a blackish terminal line. Beneath : rusty-yellowish,
with coppery-brown powderings, all wings with a large blackish discal spot, a
crenulated terminal line and an obscure extra-median line, which is best marked
on the costa.
Expands 1.40-1.56 inches ^ 35-39 mm.
Hab. — British Columbia; Wellington, April 12tli, 14th; J. Bay,
Victoria, August 17th.
Four males and one female in fair or good condition, the Welling-
ton examples from W. J. Bryant. The species is allied to prases,
and while no two examples of either species are alike, there is no
chance of confounding the two.
The male antennae are seri'ate and bristle tufted, and the species
would be referred by Hampson to his Perigrapha, Section III, as an
ally of pr(eses and transparens, with which it also agrees in wing
form and thoracic tufting.
Orthopia sirauiinea n. sp.
Head, thorax and primaries dull straw-yellow ; abdomen and secondaries uni-
form smoky. Maculation of primaries a little more brownish, the lines not re-
lieved, incomplete, the space beyond the t. p. line smoky, relieving the pale some-
what irregular s. t. line. Basal line single, obscurely indicated. T. a. line very
faint, single, with outward angulations in the interspaces. T. p. line slender,
broken, irregular, followed by small venular black dotlets. The veins are some-
what darker through the terminal space, and there is a series of interspaceal ter-
minal lunules. Orbicular of good size, nearly round, concolorous, ringed with
brownish. Reniform large, centrally a little constricted, brownish ringed, black-
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133
isb filled inferiorly, else concolorous. Beneath dull pale yellowish, a little
smoky outwardly, all wings with a blackish discal spot.
Expands 1.12 inches = 28 mm.
iZft6.— GleDwood Springs, Colorado, October 16th to 23d.
One good male, from Dr. Barnes. This is an ally of Jerruginoi-
des, than which it is smaller, much more obscurely marked, with
dusky secondaries and a dusky outer border to the primaries. The
antennae have the joints marked and fasciculate.
Ortho.«iia acta n. sp.
The ground color varies from very pale reddish-gray, with a yellow tinge to
almost rusty red-brown, the markings always a deeper shade of the ground color
so that while they are distinct they are never contrasting. Head and thorax con-
colorous. Basal half line distinct, single, even. T. a. line geminate, inner por-
tion faint, outer distinct, included space a little paler than the ground ; in course
oblique, with two well-marked inward angulations so that it looks like a widened
W. T. p. line geminate, outer portion obscure, included space a little paler, inner
line fairly defined, lunulate, as a whole with an even, moderate outcurve over
the cell and a very feebly marked incurve below. The median shade band is
very distinct, narrow, a little diflTuse, a little oblique from cosia between the ordi-
nary spots to the lower angle of the reniform, then a little inwardly oblique to
the inner margin nearly at its middle. S. t. line pale, preceded by a neat well-
defined rusty brown shading, a little irregular, as a whole parallel with the outer
margin. A series of small terminal lunules. Claviform moderate in size, con-
colorous, outline not well defined. Orbicular outlined in red-brown, concolorous,
large, nearly round. Reniform large, upright, only a little constricted, with nar-
row red-browu outline, concolorous, except for a leaden-gray inferior spot. Sec-
ondaries very pule yellowish, immaculate. Beneath: yellowish, with a reddish
tinge, powdery, secondaries paler, both wings with an extra-median dusky line
and a discal spot.
Expands 1.28-1.38 inches = 32-34 mm.
Hah. — Corvallis, Oregon, September 27th and November 3rd ;
Pullman, Washington, October 20th ; Corfield, Vancouver, Septem-
ber 9th ; Livingston, Vancouver, September 5th.
Five S and one $ , all in fair or good condition. The wing form
is like that of verberata, a little more elongate and pointed than
bicolorago, and in the uniformly yellowish secondaries this species
resembles decipiens, with which, indeed, it has been confused. The
% antennae have the joints marked and fasciculate, the thoracic ves-
titure is hairy, forming no distinct tufts. From decipiens, which
is a large eastern species resembling a washed out ferrugmoides,
this species differs by the neatly marked ornamentation and smaller
size.
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134 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Orlhosia aiitapica u. sp.
Ground color a rusty reddish-gray, more or less powdered with smoky or
blackish scales, so that some examples seem to have been washed with sooty par-
ticles. Head and thorax concolorous. Primaries with all the markings defined,
usually clear in the less i)owdery, obscure in the darker examples, the median
shade line always the most obvious of the transverse markings, lower part of
reniform conspicuously darker, a dark brown or blackish costal patch preceding
the s. t. line always the most conspicuous portion of the wing. Basal half line
geminate, broken, a little irregular. T. a. line geminate, the two portions almost
equally distinct, included space concolorous, outwardly oblique, outcurved in the
interspaces, a little drawn in on the veins. T. p. line" geminate, the lines almost
even or the inner a little lunulate, in course a little irregular, not much outcurved
over the cell and not much drawn in below it. Median shade narrow, with dif-
fuse margins, but well defined, outwardly oblique from costa between ordinary
spots to inferior half of reniform, there angled atid inwardly oblique to the mid-
dle of the inner margin. S. t. line preceded on costa by a conspicuous dark
blotch, thence punctiform, consisting of a series of iuterspaceal blackish dots,
followed by a very obscure pale line. A series of iuterspaceal dark lunules a
little before the margin of the wing. The s. t. space is sometimes a little darker
than the rest of the wing. Claviform barely traceable by brown outlining scales.
Orbicular oval, oblique, of good size, incompletely and narrowly outlined in
brown. Reniform large, oblique, a little constricted centrally, narrowly defined
by brown scales and a slightly paler ring. Secondaries smoky, with a more or
less reddish tinge, a smoky discal lunule; a narrow terminal smoky line, prece-
ded by a paler margin. Beneath: reddish to smoky, powdery, with a large
smoky discal spot on all wings, and a more or less obvious extra-median line.
Expands 1.36-1.46 inches = 34-36 mm.
Hah. — Corvallis, Oregon, October 6th, 8th and November 3rd,
11th; Corfield, Vancouver.
Three $ and three $ . The wing form is like that of purpurea
Grt., which this species resembles in some points. The type of
maculation is more like that of verberata and the secondaries are
similar ; but the punctiform s. t. line will serve to distinguish this
form. The % antennoe are ciliate rather than fasciculate, the thora-
cic vestiture is hairy, and there is a neat little anterior crest.
Orthopia fortiica n. sp.
Ground color rather pale, even, red-brown ; head and thorax concolorous; pri-
maries with median lines scarcely relieved, the leaden gray spot in reniform and
black costal mark at inception of the punctiform s. t. line being the prominent
features. T. a. line geminate, with rather even outward angulations in the inter-
spaces. T. p. line mostly marked by the difference in tint between ujedian and
s. t. spaces, with little outward rays on the veins, only a little curved over cell.
Median shade rather well defined, brown, outwardly bent from costa to reniform
inferiorly, then inwardly oblique to margin. S. t. line marked by a series of
black iuterspaceal dots. An obscure brown terminal line, followed by a pale line
at base of fringes. Claviform indicated by a partial outline. Orbicular large.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D. 135
concolorous, incompletely brown ringed. Reniform large, slightly constricted,
inferiorly dusky. Secondaries very pale, smoky yellow, with a rosy flush ; a
vague s. t. darker shade and smoky discal spot. Beneath : rosy reddish, prima-
ries paler, all wings with discal spot.
Expands 1.12 inches = 28 mm.
Hah. — Southern California.
One male in good condition, save that it lacks antennae and the
tips of primaries are a little broken. I have no data as to the source
of the specimen. It resembles antapica in a general way, but is
smaller, more even in tint, without the contrasts that distinguish the
larger species.
Orthopia aggresNa n. sp.
Ground color a very pale luteous gray. Head and thorax concolorous. Prima-
ries with basal and outer area washed with bluish-gray, leaving the median area
more dull in appearance. Basal line indicated on the costal region. T. a. line
geminate, smoky, even, with an even oblique outcurve to inner margin. T. p.
line geminate, blackish, even, only a little outcurved over the cell. Median
shade smoky, distinct, outwardly oblique from costa to reniform inferiorly, then
parallel with t. p. line to inner margin. A smoky costal blotch between s. t. and
t. p. lines. S. t. line punctiform, consisting of smoky, somewhat lunate inter-
spaceal spots outwardly marked by paler scales. Fringes dusky, with a series of
vague terminal lunules preceding them. Orbicular large, irregular, concolorous,
scarcely defined. Reniform large, upright, a little constricted, inferiorly dusky,
else not well defined. Secondaries paler, more transparent yellowish, with a
smoky suffusion in the female. Beneath : dirty white, more or less powdery,
usually with discal spots on all wings, and on secondaries sometimes an extra-
median dusky line.
Expands 1.12-1.25 inches = 28-31 mm.
Hab. — Colorado, Denver, July 8th ; Gunnison, July 9th ; Chim-
ney Gulch, July 16th ; Clear Creek Canon, August 24th ; Cart-
wright, Manitoba.
Five % and one 9 , mostly poor. Quite readily distinguished by
its very pale gray color and very even median lines. The S antennae
are ciliate only.
Homoglsea dives n. sp.
Head and thorax deep blackish-brown, the thoracic vestiture becoming black
over the base of the abdomen. Primaries deep red-brown, paler along the inner
margin and becoming darker until at the costa the color is almost purplish-black.
The median lines are geminate, deeper velvety brown, not contrasting but readily
made out, in course like those of carbonaria, of which this is an ally. Median
shade rich brown, better marked than median lines, angulated at the inferior
angle of the reniform, which may be invaded by the darker shade. S. t. line
irregular, pale, preceded by blackish scales, which, on the costa, form a distinct
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136 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
contrasting spot. Orbicular large, irregular, outlined by black scales. Reiiiform
large, upright, a little constricted, outwardly margined with yellow scales and a
line of yellow scales centrally. Secondaries blackish. Beneath: dark smoky,
with a purplish wash, paler on secondaries on which is also a discal spot.
Expands 1.65 inches = 41 mm.
Hab. — Corvallis, Oregon, March 11th (Cordley) ; Wellington,
British Columbia, April 14th (Bryant).
Two good females, associated with carbonaria, but abundantly
distinct by the characters just pointed out. Carbonaria is locally
rather common, and I have had a great many examples under ex-
amination, so that I am familiar with its range ; but I never had
specimens like these taken with that species.
Aleptina luteomedia n. sp.
G-eneral ground color ashen-gray, ornamented and washed with luteous and
deep brown or black. Head usually, and often the collar also, luteous, with a
reddish tinge. Thoracic disc leaden-gray or darker, this shade sometimes involv-
ing the collar and in one example the head as well. Primaries ashen-gray, with
a luteous shading, which starts from costa at base, curves through the middle of
the wing without quite reaching the inner margin and terminates on the outer
margin below the apex. Inferiorly this shading is quite well limited ; but supe-
riorly it merges gradually into the gray which extends to costa. The usual me-
dian lines are much obscured and barely traceable. At base a deep brown shade
limited by a black line, extends obliquely outward to the inner margin, limiting
the luteous shade inferiorly, and a brownish or blackish powdering extends along
the inner margin to the point where it meets a curved blackish-brown shade
which forms an inner shading to a white line which extends from the middle of
the outer margin, with an incurve to the inner margin well within the anal an-
gle. Thi.s line is a little irregular and has a distinct tooth on vein 1. From the
apex a narrow blackish shade band extends obliquely inward to the lower angle
of the cell, forming here an inner margin to the luteous shading. On the costa
there is a dusky shade before and after the orbicular. The orbicular is small,
round, concolorous, clearly defined by a narrow black ring and with a black cen-
tral dot. The reniform is vaguely indicated at the end of the cell. The clavi-
form has in one example, an outline of rusty brown scales. There is a series of
leaden-gray or black terminal dots or spots, beyond which the fringes are cut
with the same color. Secondaries white, with a series of black terminal spots, a
variably evident broken extra-median shade line, and a small black discal spot.
Beneath : primaries powdery, smoky along the costal region, very pale yellowish
toward the margins, orbicular faintly reproduced, reniform marked .by blackish
scales and more evident than above. Secondaries white, with a distinct lunate
black discal mark, a series of black terminal lunules, and a more or less evident
extra-median line marked on the veins only.
Expands .85-1.10 inches = 21-27 mm.
Hab. — Southern Arizona, Poling, August 1st to 15th; Yavapai
County, Arizona, Hutson, May 22nd ; Baboquavaria Mts., Arizona,
Snow.
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Four males and two females, in fair to good condition, and all the
males decidedly smaller than either of the females. Though the
specimens are all in good condition so far as primaries are concerned,
three of them have been papered, and the others have the abdomen
greasy or rubbed so that the character of the tufting is obscured. It
seems probable that the patagia are a little uplifted, that there is a
somewhat prominent posterior tuft on the thorax, and that there is
a series of little abdominal tufts, at any rate in the male. The fron-
tal process is long, longer in the male, flattened above, the tip a little
eraarginate so as to leave two prominent points, the process becom-
ing transversely compressed inferiorly, so that at tip, when seen from
the front, it looks almost T-shaped, with the ends prominently pro-
duced.
Oxyciiemis baboqiiavaria n. sp.
Ground color light ashen-gray, dusted and shaded with smoky brown, the
maeulation black, female darker than the male. Head and thorax uniformly
mottled with gray and brown, the posterior thoracic tuft metallic-bronze tipped,
conspicuous. Primaries with the usual markings evident, neatly written. Basal
line single, black, distinct, extending to the middle of the wing. T. a. line up-
right or nearly so, rigid, or with only a little outward angulation at the middle,
black, preceded by whitish scales. T. p. line single, black, outwardly shaded
with white scales, inwardly oblique from costa not far from apex to vein 3, thence
with a decided incurve to vein 1. S. t. line obscurely indicated by a slight diifer-
ence in shade between the s. t. and terminal spaces. A continuous narrow black
terminal line. Fringes of the ground color, obscurely cut with smoky brown.
Claviform large, loop-like, extending half-way across the cell, narrowly outlined
in black, with a whitish line within ; else concolorous. Orbicular round or
broadly oval, of good size, black and white ringed, usually paler than ground.
Eeniform large, broadly lunate, oblique, narrowly outlined in black within which
is a whitish ring in the female and a whitish filling in the male. A whitish
shading in the cell from t. a. line extends outward to the costa at t. p. line; a
somewhat darker shading fills the middle of the median space ; a decidedly darker
shade extends obliquely inward from within apex to the middle of the wing, best
marked below the apical region. Secondaries pale smoky in the male, darker
and more uniform in the female, fringes white; in the'^an obscure extra-median
line. Beneath : primaries smoky, secondaries whitish, powdery, with an obscure
outer line and discal lunule.
Expands .92 ( % )-1.05 ( ^ ) inch = 23-26 mm.
Hab. — Baboquavaria Mts., Pima County, Arizona, July 15th to
30th, 1903, O. C. Poling.
Two males and two females, in good condition. The males, be-
sides being the smaller, are also lighter in color and more contrast-
ingly marked, the basal space distinctly white powdered. The
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138 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
markings are very uniform, however, and there is not enough range
of variation to cause doubt. The species is allied to sectilis in gen-
eral type of mticulation, but the head and thorax are not brown,
and the raaculation is black instead of brown. From advena it is
distinct by the obvious t. p. and s. t. line, the reverse being the case
in Mr. Grote's species. We have, evidently, a little series of closely
allied and very local forms in this genus.
Oxyciieinifs* gusti!« n. sp.
Bright bluisb-ash-gray ; head and thorax darker, almost blackish, with white
intermingled hair and scales. Thoracic tuft distinct, with metallic lustre. Pri-
maries with the cell whitish filled, basal space strongly white powdered, a dif-
fuse whitish shading beyond the incurve of the t. p. line and a well-defined
oblique smoky shading from costa within apex to the base of reniform. Basal
line obvious, upright, blackish, a little diflfuse. T. a. line a little oblique, with a
slight outward tooth at middle, blackish, diffuse. T. p. line narrower, not
sharply defined, blackish, squarely exserted over cell, with a decided incurve in
the submedian interspace. S. t. line vaguely indicated by a whitish shading
and a somewhat darker powdering in the terminal space. A distinct, black con-
tinuous terminal line at the base of the concolorous fringes which are narrowly
cut with smoky brown. Claviform obscurely outlined by blackish scales, large,
broad, scarcely relieved from tlie surrounding space. Orbicular round, of moder-
ate size, obscurely outlined by gray scales. Reniform broadly lunate, gray, not
well defined, outwardly obscured by the oblique subapical shading. Secondaries
white, costal region and a narrow outer border smoky and powdered ; fringes
white. Beneath : primaries smoky, costa whitish powdered, a distinct brown
terminal line, the fringes narrowly cut with white. Secondaries white, with a
smoky powdering in the costal region and a narrow outer line.
Expands .85 inches = 21 mm.
Hab. — Southern Arizona, August 1st to 15th, Poling ; one good
male.
This is allied to hahoquavaria in type of markings, but is smaller,
paler gray, with diffuse markings and darker head and thorax.
Judging from the allied species the female will be larger and darker
and may be more definitely marked. I do not remember having
seen this form in other collections.
Oxycnemis yuma n. sp.
Ground color gray over a luteous base. Head a little less powdery than the
thoracic disc, but as a whole both are powdered with black scales, which are more
massed j)osteriorly on the tuft, which is less prominent than in the type form and
not metallic. Abdomen yellowish or whitish like the secondaries. Primaries
with all the transverse maculation obscure, strigate with white and black. A
dusky shading extends from apex to the inner margin within the anal angle and
this in part relieves the very irregular and fragmentary, diffuse pale s. t. line.
The claviform extends from base to beyond the middle of the wing, is narrow,
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139
edged with a fine black line, and this in turn edged by a more or less obvious
layer of white scales. The ordinary spots are fused, the long narrow orbicular
joining the reniform at its middle. A narrow black line inwardly edged with
white scales defines the combined stigma. There is a distinct, rather broad, con-
tinuous black terminal line, beyond which the fringes are gray and white lined.
There is a whitish shade preceding the oblique dark shade on costajust before
the apex and sagittate black spots precede the s. t. line in part of its course. Sec-
ondaries whitish in the male, smoky in the female, a little darker outwardly in
both cases and with a darker terminal line basing the white fringes. Beneath :
powdery ; primaries with the disc smoky and a white line at the base of the
fringes which are also cut with white; secondaries with an obscure discal lunule,
a punctiform extra-median line and a smoky terminal line.
Expands .72-.84 inches ^= 18-21 mm.
Hah. — Yuma County, Arizona, in April ;. Walters Station, Cali-
fornia, in April (Hutson) ; Gila County, Arizona, in June (Poling);
Kerrville, Texas, May 24th to 30th (Dr. Barnes).
Five male and thirteen female specimens, mostly in good condi-
tion and mostly of the desert material sent in by Mr. Hutson.
There is a little variation in the distinctness of maculation, and the
males are uniformly smaller and paler than the females. In tlie
strigate type of maculation this species resembles fusimacula, but is
smaller and with more obtuse and broader primaries. From the
more typical species it is separated by the character of the posterior
thoracic tuft, which is not metallic and does not consist of broadly
flattened scales. It is really more like a very small Oncocnemis of
the chandleri group, and not unlike gracillima Grt.
Oxyciieiuis adustiis n. sp.
Ground color dull ashen-gray over luteous. Head chocolate-brown in front,
vertex and thorax powdered with black scales, posterior tuft a little darker. Pri-
maries obscurely marked. Basal and t. a. lines lost. There is a long concolorous
claviform, very faintly indicated by scattered white scales, which extends nearly
to the t. p. line. The t. p. line is smoky brown, single, followed by a narrow
paler shade, acutely angled over the cell, thence evenly oblique to the inner mar-
gin a little beyond the middle, both brown and pale shadings better marked to-
ward the margin. S. t. line very irregular, broken, whitish, preceded by darker
shadings and interspaceal black lines; forming more conspicuous blotches oppo-
site the cell and in the submedian interspaces. There is a whitish streaking from
the inner costal inception of the s. t. line and the reniform. The ordinary spots
are concolorous, narrowly and obscurely white ringed, confluent, the elongate
orbicular entering the centre of the reniform. Terminal line black, distinct, con-
tinuous, the fringes gray at base and with a yellowish interline. Secondaries
smoky whitish, darker at the outer margin, fringes white. Beneath smoky, pri-
maries more luteous, with broad fringes alternately lined with white and gray ;
secondaries whitish.
Expands .68 inches = 17 mm.
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140 AMERICAN HYMENOPTKRA.
Hab. — San Antonio, Texas.
One rather defective male which would not have been described
at this time but for its obvious relationship to 0. yuma. In thora-
cic vestiture it is like that species, and so it is in the general type of
maculation ; but it is much less irrorate and strigate in appearance,
and such markings as are present are not nearly so well defined.
Stibadiiiin Iiutsoiii n. sp.
Color a bright olivaceous-gray. Head whitish ; frontal process cylindrical, de-
pressed at tip so as to leave a sharp rim, from the central lower margin of which
a transversely flattened wedge-like process extends upward and outward a little
beyond the rim. Thorax pale olivaceous, vestiture composed of flattened hair;
tuftings not marked in the specimens. Primaries olivaceous, with a broad paler
median band that does not quite reach the costa ; a narrower pale shade band
from outer third of inner margin to apex, a little waved and not so obvious at
apex ; an obscure paler shading from hind angle along outer margin to the apex ;
in the male traceable to a union with the extra-median pale shade band. Fringes
olivaceous. Secondaries uniformly smoky brown. Beneath: primaries almost
uniformly smoky; secondaries whitish, with an ochreous tinge.
Expands .80-85 inches = 20-22 mm.
Hah. — Yuma County, Arizona, March 23rd ; Walters Station,
California, April 20th.
One male and one female in fair condition, both taken by Mr.
Hutson in the same kind of desert area, though in different States.
The rather even olive-green and the obvious, broad, pale median
band are characteristic of the species.
Slibadinni f'liliginossi u. sp.
Ground color dull, smoky luteous, with a tendency to olivaceous. Head tend-
ing to paler, more whitish, frontal structure as in hutsonii. Thoracic vestiture an
intermingling of scales and hair, the tuftings defective in the specimens. Prima-
ries with a narrow pale band extending from the outer third of inner margin
diagonally, nearly to the apex. Secondaries smoky, scarcely paler at base. Be-
neath : uniformly smoky, secondaries scarcely paler than primaries.
Expands .72-.84 inches = 18-22.
Hab. — Walters Station, California, April 20th ; Phoenix, Arizona,
April 1, 1897.
Five males and four females in fair condition as to wings; but the
thorax compressed or with defective vestiture in most cases. All
except one female were sent in by Mr. Hutson, the latter from the
Hulst collection and much paler than any others. Three females
and two males agree strictly with the above description. In one
female the outer line is broader, a little less rigid, extends to the
apex, and there is a pale marginal band extending the entire length
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141
of the outer margin. One male matches this female, except that
the pale shades are much less marked, and in two males there is a
tendency to the median shade which occurs in hutsoni. There is a
possibility that this is only an extreme form of hutsoni, or that two
of the examples referred here are really variations of the other
species.
Perigea morsa n. sp.
Ground color dull fuscous-brown, without obvious shadings or contrasting
niaculation. Head and thorax concolorous with primaries, collar with a black
subapical line, abdomen only a little lighter. Primaries with all the lines puncti-
form, basal and median lines geminate, incomplete and variably defined. S. t.
line preceded by a black, narrow, defining shade, which may be very distinct and
quite sharply marked, or may be just obvious. The cell, except for the ordinary
spots is shaded with blackish ; but not sharply contrasting. Basal line obvious in
all the specimens; iniier part tending to become complete. T. a. line a little
oblique, irregular in the interspaces, dissimilar in the specimens. T. p. line quite
even, in some cases almost parallel with the outer margin, in others a little more
outcurved over the cell and a little drawn in below. S. t. line quite irregular,
drawn in below apex, above vein 5 and above the anal angle. A series of obscure
dusky terminal lunules. Claviform marked only by black scales, of moderate
size, obscure. Ordinary spots not outlined and incompletely defined ; orbicular
nearly round and of moderate size; reniform large, a little drawn together at
middle ; both spots usually a little lighter than the rest of the wing and not pow-
dered with blackish scales. Secondaries: in the male whitish, with a dusky
outer margin ; in the female evenly dull, smoky. Beneath : dull brown, powdery,
secondaries much paler, both wings with a distinct dark exterior line; secondar-
ies with a discal spot.
Expands 1-1.12 inches := 25-28 mm.
Hah. — Brownsville, Texas, in June.
Two males and two females in only moderate condition, from
Prof. F. H. Snow. In wing form and, indeed, in general appear-
ance, this resembles daufacta ; but it is decidedly smaller and there
are no abdominal tuftings. In niaculation the continuous dusky or
blackish s. t. shade is always at least obvious, and the dark shadings
of the median cell attract attention.
Acontia cacoia n. sp.
_ Head and disc of thorax chocolate-brown, with a metallic lustre, collar and
lateral margins of patagia white. The head tends to a paler tint, and the brown
scales may be rubbed so as to make confusion possible in a defective specimen-
Abdomen not banded. Primaries with the markings chiefly brown, lustrous; no
complete transverse niaculation. A black ovate patch fills the inferior half of the
basal space. The inception of the t. a. line is indicated by a small brown spot.
There is a brown costal spot at the inception of the t. p. line, and this varies in
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142 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
size from a mere dot to a blotch and may be geminate. The t. p. line is traceable
in some examples by dotted marks until it merges into the large brown patch
that occupies the third quarter of the inner margin and extends upwards to the
middle of the wing. This patch is not of solid color, but rather of wavy bands,
and the t. p. line is indicated by black scales. There is another brown blotch at
the apex, and in this the s. t. line is marked by intensely black scales. In all the
brown patches there are some metallic-blue scales. A complete series of black
terminal spots. Orbicular absent. Eeniform traceable in all speciniens, but varies
from a pair of narrow black short lines to a leaden-gray spot, with or without
defining black scales at sides. Secondaries dirty white at base, outwardly smoky,
fringes whitish. Beneath: primaries yellowish, outwardly smoky and mottled
to obscurely reproduce the markings of upper surface; secondaries whitish, with
a narrow dusky outer margin and a dusky discal lunule.
Expands .75-.82 inch = 19-21 mm.
Hab. — Southern Arizona, August 15th, Poling ; New JNIexico,
Hot Springs, alt. 7000 feet, August, Hulst ; New Mexico, No. 800,
Cockerel!.
Five male specimens, all in fair or good condition. The species
is allied to gonella and flavicollis, but is smaller and differs from
both in having the maculation chocolate-brown instead of blackish
or leaden gray. The thorax is not so completely brown and the
markings of the primaries are much more fragmentary. It differs
further in the complete absence of the orbicular.
Yrias terminalii^ n. sp.
Similar to volucris Grote in maculation and general appearance, but much more
contrastingly marked. The ground color is distinctly more yellowish and mot-
tled, without the even bluish shading described by Mr. Grote, and the lines stand
out in good contrast, although they are not black as in repentis. A rusty brown
shade line accompanies the t. a. line outwardly, another crosses the wing just be-
yond the median line, the s. t. line is partly of the same color, and a well-marked
rusty shade borders the s. t. line outwardly. The s. t. space tends to break up
into a dark costal, a central and an inner marginal dark blotch, the central blotch
extending into the terminal space. Secondaries also more yellowish and with
more contrasting lines than in volucris.
Expands .95-1.05 inches = 24-26 mm.
Hab. — Yavapai County, Arizona, May 20th to 30th.
Three males and three females from Mr. Hutson, sent in with a
lot of volucris and clientis. From the lot of 40 vohicris before me,
these six specimens stand out distinctly by their mottled appearance,
and their is no intergradation. In fact, there is little variation in
this genus, the 60 or more clientis being almost alike. In volucris
and terminalis the last segment of the abdomen of the female is
rusty brown at the tip, and the lateral incisures of the ventral sclerite
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are sharply cut. In the male volucris the middle tibiae are outwardly
thickened by hairy and scaly vestiture, while in the new species there
is little or no surplus vestiture.
Chytolita fulicalis n. sp.
Ground color dull mouse-gray or smoky. Head and thorax concolorous, abdo-
men hardly lighter. Primaries with the median lines single, only a little darker,
slender, continuous. T. a. line a little irregular, as a whole with a very even
outcurve. T. p. line also irregular, with a moderate, even outcurve over cell and
an almost equal incurve below. S. t. line punctiform, very obscure, the spots
interspaceal, parallel with the outer margin. A series of very small, blackish
terminal lunules. Eeniform black or blackish, moderate in size, subluiiate, not
definitely outlined. Secondaries hardly paler than the primaries, with a narrow
smoky median transverse line. Beneath : primaries smoky, yellowish along
costa, with a smoky extra-median line. Secondaries yellowish, powdery, with a
dusky extra-median line and a discal spot.
Expands .96 inches := 24 mm.
Hab. — Tennessee, August 1st, S. T. Kemp.
A single male in good condition. This is the smallest of our
species and the most obscurely marked, differing at once from both
the others by the dark smoky ground which has a dash of reddish.
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THE COL,EOPTERA OF l^EW MEXICO.
BY H. C. PALL AND T. D. A. COCKERELL.
The list of New Mexico Coleoptera was begun in 1893 as a card-
catalogue in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the
New Mexico Agricultural College. At that time the principal
sources of information were the excellent lists published by Dr.
Snow in the Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences, and
the records of Professor C. H. T. Townsend, the first entomologist at
the New Mexico Agricultural College. There were, in addition, a
number of records published at different times by Drs. LeConte,
Horn and others, and efforts were made to find and include all of
them. Professor H. F. Wickham, of the University of Iowa, hear-
ing of the proposed list, very kindly supplied his numerous manu-
script records, mainly from Albuquerque, and in addition identified
many species collected in the Mesilla Valley. The first part of the
list (Cicindelidse and Carabidse) appeared in Bulletin 24 of the New
Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station (1897), and the remaining
families in Bulletin 28 of the same institution (1898). The list as
then presented included about 1170 species and races; since that
time it has nearly been doubled. During recent years all the new
material has been examined by Mr. Fall, in whose cabinet most of
it is, and all the descriptions of new species are by him. Very im-
portant contributions have been made by Mr. W. Knaus, as a result
of his several summer trips to the Sacramento Mountains ; numerous
other records are due to Mr. E. A. Schwarz, Mr. H. L. Viereck, Dr.
Fenyes, etc., to all of whom detailed credit is given in the list.
New Mexico is a region of more or less isolated mountain ranges,
with desert country between. Thus the fauna of the higher levels
finds itself cut off from possibilities of migration, and what are prac-
tically insular conditions prevail. Indeed the desert is for many
types of life more impassible than the sea, since the latter can some-
times be crossed on floating timber. The fauna of no one of these
New Mexico ranges is anything like completely known, but we are
familiar with species of snails and other organisms, endemic upon
them. It is altogether too early to say how far these mountains may
be endowed with peculiars type of Coleoptera ; because there has not
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146 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
been enougli work done to even establish a strong probability that
any given form, known only from a particular range, is restricted to
it. An analysis of the distribution of the new species described in
the present paper shows that they come from many localities; but it
is perhaps significant that so many (14) are exclusively from the
Sacramento Mountains. It may be added, that from the results
obtained in the close study of plants, molluscs, etc., we may expect
that in many instances the insects of different groups of mountains
will differ only in slight characters — being in the early stages of
modification from the original more widespread types. This com
paratively slight divergence will uot usually be thought worth
recording in nomenclature, according to prevalent methods, and will
only be fully revealed by biometrical and kindred studies.
It will be convenient to enumerate the principal localities for
Coleoptera in New Mexico in groups, according to the regions and
types of country they repre.sent.
Eastern Region (east of the Rio Grande).
(1) Raton district (Colfax County) : Raton, Barela Mesa, Chicorico
Canon. This is just south of the Colorado line.
(2) Trementina district, east of Las Vegas, on the headwaters of
the Canadian River. Collector, Miss Alice Blake.
(3) Santa Rosa district (Leonard Wood County): collector W.
Knaus. In this general region also is Las Truchas (collector
Miss Clara Gerhardt), which must not be confused with the
Truchas Peaks.
(4) Roswell district (Chaves County), on the Pecos River; including
Diramitt Lake and Las Lake. This marks approximately the
beginning of the Middle Sonoran in the Pecos Valley.
(5) Carlsbad district (Eddy County), on the Pecos, about 65 miles
south of Roswell. Eddy is the former name of Carlsbad.
The collections frou) all of the above five districts are small, and
the most eastern parts of New Mexico, within 50 miles of the Texas
line, are unexplored for beetles.
(6) Sierra Blanca and Sacramento Mountain district, in Otero and
Lincoln (bounties. Includes Eagle Creek, Rio Ruidoso (or Rui-
doso Creek), Mescalero, Fresnal Creek, Cloudcroft, Wootens
and Highrolls. This is an extensive and isolated mountain
region, possessing some remarkable endemic snails, and proba-
FALL AND COCKERELL. 147
bly endemic plants. It is mainly in the Transition Zone, but
has large patches of Canadian (cf. Bailey, North American
Fauna, No. 25). The Guadalupe range, of which the Coleop-
tera are unknown, may be regarded as a southern extension of it.
The Manzano and Sandia ranges (their Coleoptera unknown)
are between it and the Las Vegas-Santa Fe Mountains, but are
cut off from both by arid lowlands.
(7) Alaraogordo-Tularosa district, including La Luz and Alamo
Canon, all in Otero County. This is the Middle Sonoran area
near the western base of the Sacrameutos.
(8) Organ Mountain district, including Organ, Parker's Well, Fill-
more Canon, Soledad Canon, Riley's Ranch = La Cueva, Drip-
ping Springs and San Augustine Ranch. A range of sharp
peaks running north and south, to the east of Las Cruces, in
Doha Ana County. In general, it may be referred to the Upper
Austral (Upper Sonoran) Zone. The San Andreas Mountains
are practically continuous with the Organs to the north.
(9) Mesilla Valley distinct, in Dona Ana County, Middle Sonoran
Zone. This includes areas on both sides of the Rio Grande, but
the Coleoptera all come from the east side. Las Cruces, Mesilla
Park and Mesilla are in this district, only a few miles apart.
(10) Rincon district, in Dona Ana County, on the Rio Grande ;
Middle Sonoran. Here come also Hatch and Colora'o, just
across the river.
(11) Engle district. Sierra County, about 36 miles north of Rincon.
Collector Miss Nora Newberry.
(12) Albuquerque district, in Bernalillo County. Here, passing up
the Rio Grande, we reach the Upper Sonoran, though some
Middle Sonoran elements still persist. Elba is on the Santa
Fe Railroad a little west of Albuquerque.
(13) Santa Fe district; Transition Zone, including Tesuque (or
Tsuque). Santa Fe Canons runs up into the Canadian Zone.
(14) Pecos district, in San Miguel and Santa Fe Counties, on the
upper Pecos River. This includes Glorieta, the Old Pecos
Pueblo and Rowe. It may also be considered to include Man-
zanares. It is Upper Sonoran, but bordering on Transition.
(15) Thornton district, in Sandoval County, between Albuquerque
and Santa Fe. Collector Dr. Fenyes.
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148 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
(16) Las Vegas district (San Miguel County), including Romero-
ville, Wiegand Ranch, San Geronimo, Placita, San Ignacio
and Las Valles— the last at a lower altitude. This is Upper
Sonoran.
(17) Las Vegas Hot Springs and Gallinas Canon ; the Upper Gal-
linas River, in San Miguel Co., Transition Zone, but not with-
out Upper Sonoran elements.
(18 ) Watrous, Mora County, about 20 miles northeast of Las
Vegas ; Upper Sonoran.
(19) Beulah district, in the Las Vegas Range ; Canadian Zone.
Including Rociada, James Canon, Dailey Canon and Crew's
Mesa. Here also may be cited Harvey's Ranch and the Vive-
ash Ranch, though they are some little distance away.
(20) Beatty's Cabin, on the headwaters of the Pecos River, not far
from the Truchas Peaks. Collector W. P. Cockerell.
(21 J Rio de las Casas, in the Las Vegas Range, north of Beulah ;
collector Dr. Sturgis.
(22) Top of Las Vegas Range, above Beulah ; Hudsonian Zone.
(23) Truchas Peaks, between Mora and Rio Arriba Counties; Arc-
tic Alpine Zone. The specimens were obtained above timber
line by W. P. Cockerell (cf American Naturalist, December,
1903.)
(24) Taos, in Taos County.
(25) Taos Peak, in Western Colfax County.
(26) Erabudo district, on the Rio Grande, in Rio Arriba County;
Upper Sonoran. This includes Rinconada, and may include
Ojo Calienta, which is about ten miles distant, but west of the
Rio Grande.
Western Region (west of the Rio Grande).
(27) Tierra Amarilla district, in Rio Arriba County, about 20 miles
south of the Colorado line.
(28) San Ildefonso, on the west bank of the Rio Grande, about 18
miles northwest of Santa Fe. (Upper Sonoran.)
(29 ) Abiquiu, Rio Arriba County, west of Embudo.
(30) Bland, in the Jemez region, Sandoval County. The Jemez
Mountains have been very little examined for insects of any
kind ; there is little doubt that they will yield some very inter-
esting species.
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(31) Aztec and the San Juan River, in San Juan County, the north-
east corner of the Territory. This is an almost unknown re-
gion, doubtless full of treasures. The Canon de Chelle may be
listed here ; it is mainly in Arizona.
(32) Fort Wingate district, McKinley County, including Gallup
and Coolidge. These places are not very far from the Arizona
line. Zuni, also in McKinley County, is about 80 miles to the
south.
(33) Vega S. Jose and Chaves, in Valencia County ; collector Prof.
C. H. T. Townsend.
(34) Socorro, Socorro County, on the Rio Grande.
(35) Magdalena Mountains, including Magdalena and Water Canon,
west of Socorro.
(36) San Marcial, on the Rio Grande, about 25 miles south of
Socorro.
(37) Cliff, on the Upper Gila River, in northern Grant County.
(38) Silver City district, Grant County, including Loue Mountain,
Pinos Altos, Fort Bayard and Walnut Creek. This district is
remarkable for the infusion of Arizonian types. It is much
regretted that southern Grant County has not been explored
for insects.
(39) Deraing district, Luna County, including Florida. Middle
Sonoran.
The names of collectors are abbreviated as follows :
C. = T. D. A. Cockerell.
^Y. = Professor H. F. Wickham.
K. = W. Knaus.
H. & S. = Hubbard and Schwarz.
S. = Dr. Snow and his associates, from the Univ. of Kans.
T. = Professor C. H. T. Townsend.
S. & B., or B. & S. = Schwarz and Barber.
V. = H. L. Viereck.
The Wheeler Survey Records are on the authority of Mr. Henry
Ulke. ■
The Rocky Mountain region in the United States may be roughly
said to include Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico.
The Coleoptera of Montana and Wyoming have not been catalogued,
but a very good list of Colorado species has-been published by Prof.
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150 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
H. F. Wickham (Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa, Vol. V, No. 8,
1902). The Colorado list includes about 2165 species and subspe-
cies ; the New Mexico one about 2148. That these lists are far from
complete is evident from the fact that much smaller and less varied
areas have yielded many more species when thoroughly examined ;
thus New Jersey has 2845, the District of Columbia 2975 ; while
the British Islands, according to Sharp's list of 1883, had 3243 spe-
cies, and a considerable number have since been added. Mr. W.
Knaus in 1902 made a short trip to the Sacramento Mountains in
New Mexico, and added 18 genera and 57 species to the New IMexico
list ; in 1903 he visited the same region, also stopping at Santa Rosa,
and added 8 genera and 25 species and varieties. Last year Miss
Grace Eaton obtained about 30 of the more conspicuous species in
Ponil Canon, and four were new to the list. It is evident that every
fresh collection, for a good many years to come, will contain addi-
tions ; while the critical study of material already in collections will
further swell the list.
On the other hand, it may safely be said that we have enough
material to determine the general character of the fauna, and to
make intelligent comparisons with other faunae. No doubt we pos-
sess the greater number of the species belonging to well known
genera, which are especially serviceable for comparisons, because
they have been elaborated in all local catalogues ; whereas additions
among the obscure groups, such as certain of the Staphylinidje, are
at present nearly useless for comparative faunal studies. The New
Mexico list is also fortunate in being mainly based on recent mate-
rial, examined in the light of modern knowledge, and available for
further study whenever the occasion demands it.
Comparing the beetles of New Mexico with those of Colorado,
one is struck by the large amount of difference in the lists. Colo-
rado has not, of course, the important and characteristic Middle
Sonoran element, but the higher elevations are continuous from north
to south, and one would expect a practically identical fauna. Botani-
cal investigations, however, have revealed striking differences in the
plants of the northern and southern Rocky Mountains, and a degree
of endemicity among those inhabiting the mountain ranges which is
quite surprising. The oaks (Quercus) are abundant in New Mexico,
and have a luxuriant development as far north as Manitou, Colo-
rado, and even beyond. But at Boulder, and north of Denver, gen-
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erally, they are totally absent. On the western slope they go further
north, and one species just enters Wyoming; but there are none at
all in Wyoming, with this exception, and none in Montana. This
alone would explain the northward limitations to the distribution of
the numerous species of Coleoptera which are attached to the oak,
and various similar cases could be cited. It appears probable that
the oaks were driven south during the glacial period, and owing to
the uusuitability of their seed for being carried great distances, have
been unable to recover their lost ground. Under these circumstan-
ces, the ample powers of flight of certain of the oak feeding beetles
are of no service for promoting migration northward of the slowly
moving line of oaks.
The following figures will serve to illustrate the diflerence between
the Colorado and New Mexico lists :
Genera Species
Colo. Botli. N. M. Colo. Both. N. M.
Cicindelidffi _ 3. — 17. 25. 13.
Carabidae 7. 42. 15. 159. 143. 72.
Dytiscidffi 2. 10. 5. 40. 20. 19.
Gyrinidge _ 2. — 7. 2. 1.
Hydrophilidse 4. 10. 2. 18. 15. 14
Silpbidse 4.
25. 15. 2.
Endomycbidfe — 3. 1. 3.
Cerambycidse » 14. 34. 16. 55. 59. 52.
It will be noted that New Mexico shows a greater proportion of
non-Colorado genera than species; or in other words, the species
found in New Mexico but not in Colorado are more likely to be of
non-Colorado genera than in the reverse case. This is explained by
the fact that the desert fauna in nearly all groups is rich in peculiar
genera, but these are represented so far up as New Mexico by com-
paratively few species. On the other hand, the boreal fiiuna, so
strongly developed in Colorado, is largely characterized by the
abundance of species of circumpolar genera.
In Colorado the eastern plains region has been little searched for
beetles, and the corresponding region of New Mexico is also poorly
known. There is no doubt that the plains will furnish many species
additional to the lists, and most of these will doubtless be common
to both. The following are chiA-acteristic eastern species which are
known to reach New Mexico, but have not yet been found in Colorado-
■*• One species is to be added to the Colorado fauna: Liopus dnereus Lee, Boul-
der (C).
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152 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Scarites sitbterranens. Tachys xanthopns.
Clivina bipimtulata. Pterostichus sayi.
" ferrea. Dynastes tityns.
Aspidoglo.isa subangidata. Anomala undulata.
Panagieus fasciatus. Alindria teres.
The New Mexico list contains over 135 such species, indicating
that the eastern fauna is really crossing the plains to some extent,
and not only reaching us by way of the northern mountains. There
are strong reasons for believing that a considerable part of this
migration is recent, and has been assisted involuntarily by man.
This affords, of course, a strong argument in favor of the speedy
exploration of western regions, in order that their original fauna
may be ascertained before it is unduly contaminated by introduced
forms. Fortunately for the naturalist, the dessert will not quickly
or easily accomodate alien elements,* but it is quite otherwise in
more ordinary localities; and as Perkins has shown in the Hawaiian
Islands the result may be destruction as well as confusion.
The number of species common to New Mexico and Southern
California, but not known from Colorado, is over 160, indicating
a wide-spread southwestern fauna ; but in general, the species of
the Southern California coast region are not those of the Rocky
Mountains.
We find over 30 names of New Mexico species listed from the
Lower Rio Grande, but not in the Colorado, Southern California or
District of Columbia lists. Such are for example:
Cicindela circiimpicta. Oodes cuprxeus.
" severa. Iscliiodontus ferreus.
Dyschirius terminalis. Ludius texanus.
Philophuga viridicollis. Agrilus addendus.
Hellnomorpha ferruginea. Mastinocerus texanus.
The following are examples of characteristic southern genera
which reach New Mexico, but do not enter Colorado :
Thalpius. Thrincopyge. Aphoriides. Derobrachus.
Hololepfa. Lycus. Strntegus. Tylosis.
Sandalus. Plusiotis. Allorhina. Dendrobias.
* Unless brought from similar regions. A few years ago some date palms
arrived in Washington with about fifty species of the Algerian fauna from snails
and slugs to mites, centipedes and coccids. Of course they were suitably treated
for the destruction of all these, before being sent to our southwestern country ;
but a careless importer could have provided us with quite a fauna in this single
sending! One species of Coc.cidse did get through alive.
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Because of the conspicuous place which these southern genera
occupy in the fauna,' an entomologist arriving from the north or east
is very likely to assume that the Middle Sonoran of New Mexico
contains precisely the same elements as the Lower Sonoran of
Arizona just as it has been assumed that Florida is typically West
Indian, because its numerous West Indian genera attract attention,
and the absence of innumerable West Indian types is not so readily
observed.
Since the Lower Sonoran of Arizona has such conspicuous vege-
table types not found in the Middle Sonoran — such as the giant
cactus, the palo-verde and the crown of-thorns, it is but natural that
it should also have its peculiar insects. No list wholly suitable for
comparison has been published, but Mr. Schwarz has permitted us
to make use of an unpublished list of species taken by Mr. Hubbard
and himself at Tucson, Arizona, and from this we give a moderately
long list of species not yei, reported from New Mexico.
TUCSON, ARIZONA
CnemidotHS simplex Lee.
Laccophilus americanus Aube.
Deronecfes fequmoctialis Clk.
Hydroporus addendns Crotch.
" axiUaris Lee.
Emnicrus vestalis Csy.
Tropisternus sublsevis Lee.
Philhydrus fucatus Horn.
" carinatus Lee.
Dactylosternum cadi Lee.
Pelosoma capillatum Lee.
Mcgasternum cerei Sz.
Pfomaphaqus fisus Horn.
Clambus gibbulus Lee.
" puberulus Lee.
Hamotus elongatus Budl.
Trimium pmicticolle, Lee.
Maseochara semivelntina Solsky.
" opacella Shp.
" puberula Csy.
Apheloglossa rnfipennis Csy.
Xanthopygus cacti Horn.
Belonuchus ephippiatus Say.
■' xanthomelas Solsky.
Actobius ocreatus Horn.
" eleganlulus Horn.
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(Hubbard and Schwarz).
Xaiitholinus dimidiatus Lee.
" pusiUus Saehse.
Stenus zunicus Csy.
" alacer Csy.
" vestalis Csy.
Cryptobiiim pimerianuin Lee.
Lathrobium, lituarium Lee.
Lithocharis tabacina Csy.
Pinophilus densus Lee.
Physetoporus grossnlus Lee.
Erchomus injlatus Horn.
" punctipennis Lee.
Homalium cerei Sz.
Elensis fasciata Lee.
Orthoperus glaber Lee.
Cryptognaiha pusilla Lee.
Scymnus flebilis Horn.
Scymnillus aterrimus Horn.
Ditoma gracilis Slip.
Phlceonemus catenulatus Horn.
Silvanus nitidulus Lee.
" rectus Lee.
" opacidns Lee.
Hololepta yncateca Mars.
" cacti Lee.
" vicina Lee.
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AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Paromalus opuntix Lee.
" consors Lee.
" gilensis Leo.
Saprinus pwminosus Lee.
Aeletes basalis Lee.
ColaHiis truncatus Rand.
Cyhocephalus californicus Horn.
Amphicrossus niger Horn.
Lininichus nebulosus Lee.
Botliriophorus minutits Lee.
Dryops pvodactus Lee.
Heterocerus collaris Kiesw.
Horisfonotus puUatns Horn .
Esthesopu-i dispersus Horn.
Cryptohypnus futilis Lee.
Dicrepidiiis corvinus Cand.
Glyphonyx testaceus Melsli .
Chrysohothris octocola Lee.
Aemmodera delumbis Horn.
Polycesta velasco L. and G.
Mastinocerns opacus Horn.
Collops pidchellus Horn.
Dasytes impresstis Gorli.
Ctenobium cineretcm Horn.
Amphicerus fortis Lee.
Atsenius hirsutus Horn.
How many of these will yet be found in New Mexico it is of
course impossible to say; but they are to be looked for principally
to the south and west of Silver City and Deming.
BradycineteluK serratus Lee.
Cotalpu flavida Horn.
Eusiromida valida Lee.
jEthecerivHs* latecinctiis Horn.
Monilema gigas Lee.
Liopus centralis Lee.
Chlamyn tuber culata Kl.
Pachybrachys livens Lee.
Gastroidea csesia Eog.
Trirhabda geminatn Horn.
Bruchus limbatus Horn.
Anthicus lecontei Bates.
" horridus Lee.
Macrobasis purpurea Horn.
Dirotogiiathus sordidus Horn.
Apion ventricosum Lee.
Smicronyx quadrifer Csy.
'' imbricatus Csy.
Anthonomus paupercidus Lee.
Tychius variegatus Csy.
Acalles porosus Lee.
Trichobaris mucorea Lee.
Cactophagus validus Lee.
Yuccaborus frontalis Lee.
Apotreptis densicollis Coy.
CICINDBLID^.
Amblycbila cylindriformis Say. Fort Union (Maj. Sibley).
Tetracha Carolina L. Mesilla Valley (C), Grant Co. (Howard), Eosvvell
(C), Alamcgordo (K.).
Cicindela obsoleta Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas (Beaeh), Grant
Co. (Howard).
C. obsoleta v. vulturina Lee. Gallinas Canon (S ), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
C. obsoleta v. prasina Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas Hot Springs
(C), Grant Co (Howard).
C. longilabris Say. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner), Ponil Canon,
9650 ft. (Miss Graee Eaton).
C. longilabris var. laurentii Schaupp. Beulab. 9000 ft. (Beyer), Ponil Canon
(Miss Grace Eaton).
C. nigrocserulea Lee. Deming (of. Leug), Luna (W.), on flats east of Alamo-
gordo, along streams from overflow of irrigation ditehes; in numbers, varying
from tbe typieal blue-black, tbrough various shades of green to black (K.).
••■■" ^thecerinus = JUthecerus Chevr., 1862 (not Wesm., 1845).
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C scutellaris Say. var. Socorro (S.).
C. scutellaris v. unicolor Dej. Socorro (S.).
C. pulchra Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Socorro (S.), Grant Co. (Howard), Las
Vegas (M. Benedict), Barela Mesa (Anna Gohrman), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
C. hornii Schaupp. Fort Bayard (cf. Horn).
C. pimeriana Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Leng).
C. pui-purea Oliv. Barela Mesa (Anna Gohrman).
C purpurea v. audubonii Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. purpurea v. chnarrona Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Socorro (S.), Cloud-
croft (K.), Beulah (Skinner), Eiiidoso (T.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (M. Holzman).
C. venusta Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Leng).
C. fulg-ida Say. Albuquerque (W.), alkali flats near Santa Rosa (K.).
C. vulgaris Say. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon, a variety (S.), Pecos
(C), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Vegas (L. Tamme).
C. vulgaris v. ohliqtiata Kirby. Coolidge (W.).
C. repanda Dej. Albuquerque (W.).
C. oregona Lee. Beulah (C. ), Ruidoso (TO, Sacramento Mts. (K.), Pecos (C.),
Santa Fe Canon (S.).
C. oregona v. maricopa Leng. "New Mexico" (Nat. Mus. coll.).
C. hirticoUis Say. Socorro (S.), San Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.), Thornton
(Fenyes).
C. tenuisignata Lee. Mesilla Park (C), common east of Alamogordo, with
C. nigrocierulea (K.).
C cinctipennis v. imperfecta Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. punctulata Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Socorro (S. ), Grant Co. (Howard),
Santa Fe Canon (S.), Santa Rosa (K.).
C. punct/ulata v. micans Fab. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe (C), Mesilla Val-
ley (C), La Trementina (Alice Blake), Beulah (C ), Zuni (T.), Grant Co. (How-
ard), Gallinas Canon (S.), Socorro (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), near Eowe (C), Santa
Rosa (K.).
C. macra Lee. Socorro (S.), Mesilla Valley (T.).
C. sperata Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Deming (Schwarz). Eincou (C. ), Mesilla
(C), Santa Rosa (K.), Roswell (C).
C. lepida Dej. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Park, a variety (C). The Mesilla
Park (July 8th. at light) insect, compared with a New Jersey specimen, is a little
larger (length about lOi mm.), with the head noticeably larger and broader, the
metallic color of head and thorax coppery-crimson instead of green. The femora
are light brownish-yellow, the hind femora without metallic color. The mark-
ings of the elytra have a warm red tint (C).
C. togata V. apicalis W. Horn. Alkali flats near Santa Rosa (K.).
C. circumpicta Laf. Roswell (C), Santa Rosa (K.).
C. prsetextata Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Socorro (S.),
Tularosa (T.). Taken at light at Mesilla Park, July 8th.
C. severa Lee. "New Mexico" (Townsend, Tr. Tex. Acad., 1903).
C. Cartagena Dej. v. hiemorrhagica Lee. La Trementina (Alice Blake), iu
canon between Santa" Fe and Thornton (Fenyes).
C. lemniscata Lee. Deming (Schwarz), Mesilla Valley (C), Roswell (C),
Alamogordo (K.).
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156 AMERICAK COLEOPTERA.
C. flavopunctata Clievr. One specimen at Alaniogordo (K.).
C. riiflventris v. IG-jiunctata Kl. Albuquerque (W.), (lalliuas Canon (S.),
Organ Mts. yT.), Sta. Rosa (K.).
CARABID^.
Omophron americanum Dej. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Walnut Creek (S.)-
Cychrus elevatus Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah
(Skinner), near Cloudcroft, var. (K.).
C snowi Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.)-
Carabus tsedatus Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Eagle
Creek iT.), Beulah (Skinner).
C. tsedatus v. oregonensis Lee, Top of Las Vegas Range (C), near Cloud-
croft (K.).
C. serratus Say. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C).
Calosoma scrutator Fab. Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (C), Grant
Co. (Howard), Palanios (T.), Las Vegas (Frank Springer).
C. prominens Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.).
C. peregrinator Guer. Gallinos Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Mesilla Val-
ley (C), Alamogordo (K.), Ruidoso (T.), Grant Co. (Howard).
C. lug-ubre Lee. Roswell (C), Cloudcroft (K.).
C. triste Lee. Water Canon (S.).
C. obsoletum Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
C. obsoletum v. microsticta Casey. Ft. Wingate (Col. Not. vii).
C. calidum v. laticollis Casey. Las Vegas (Col. Not. vii).
Notiophilus semistriatus Say. "N. Mex." (S.).
N. aquaticus Linn. (^=fe«>-di/i Putz). Beulah (C). Top of Las Vegas Range (C).
N. novemstriatus Lee. Cloudcroft (V.).
Nebria purpurata Lee. West fork of Rio de las Casas (Sturgis).
N. obliqua Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Gallinas Canon (S.).
N. tiudsonica Lee. Walnut Creek (S.), Beulah (C).
N. sahlberg-i Fisch. Gallinas Canon (S.). Top of Las Vegas Range (C),
West fork of Rio de las Casas (Sturgis).
Pasimachus duplicatus Lee. Cloudcroft (K.).
P. duplicatus v. costifer Lee. Water Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Cloud-
croft (K.).
P. obsoletus Lee. Grant Co. (Howard), La Trementina (Alice Blake).
P. elong-atus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Las Vegas (C).
P. californicus Chd. Cloudcroft (K., C).
Scarites subterraneus Fabr. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla (Mrs. Herron).
Dyschirius globulosus Say. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Sac-
ramento Mts., identity a little doubtful (K.).
D. terminatus Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
D. sphsericollis Say. Albuquerque (W.).
D. salivagans I^ec. Albuquerque (W.).
D montanus Lee. "N. Mex."
CUvina ferrea Lee. Mesilla (C).
C. bipustulata Fabr. Mesilla (C).
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Aspidog-lossa subangulata Chd. "New Mexico."
Schizogenius depressus Lee. Walnut Creek (S.), Colora'o (C), Pecos (C).
Panag-seus fasciatus Say. Eomeioville (W. P. C).
Micrixys distinctus Hald. Near Santa Fe (Eichard Kern, fide Le Conte).
This is the type locality.
Bembidium coxendix Say. Albuquerque (W.), Thornton (Fenyes).
B. bifossulatum Lee. Near Luna (W.).
B. longulum Lee. Pecos (C).
B. planiusculum Mann. "New Mexico" (Bolter coll.).
B. incertum Mots. Top of Las Vegas Eange (C).
B. nebraskense Lee. West fork of EiodelasCasas, identity doubtful (Sturgis).
B. transversale Dej. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Santa Fe
(C), Taos (Wheeler Survey).
B. transversale v. Imrnhre Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Euidoso. identity doubtful (T.), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
B. striola Lee. Gallinas Canon iS.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
B. bimaculatum Kirby. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Harvey's Ranch (Ruth Ray-
nolds).
B lucidum Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Coolidge(W.),Beulah (C.),Placita (C.),Las Vegas Hot Springs (C), Harvey's
Ranch (Ruth Raynoldsj, Las Valles (C. ), San Geronimo (W. P. C. and M. Cooper),
Silver City (C), Thornton (Fenyes). A species more especially characteristic of
the Transition and Canadian Zones, hut Viereck took it at Alamogordo, which is
Middle Sonoran.
B. fusnicrum Mots. "New Mexico" (cf. Leng and Beutenmuller). We have
it from Florrissant, Colorado, prox. 8000 ft.
B. picipes Kirby. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
B. subangustatum Haywd. Alamogordo (V.).
B. grapii Gyll. Gallinas Canon (S. ), top of Las Vegas Range, 11,000 ft. (C).
Harvey's Ranch (Ruth Raynolds).
B. nubiculosum Chaud. Mesilla (C), Albuquerque (C, W.).
B. intermedium Kirby. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Luna (W.), Santa Rosa (K.),
Pecos (C), San Ildefonso (Wheeler Survey).
B. versicolor Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Highrolls (V.).
B. pictum Lee. Las Vegas (C), Clouderoft (K.). It is probable that most, if
not all, of the specimens above referred to versicolor, are really this species.
B. constrictum Lee. "New Mexico" (Hay ward).
B. constricticolle Hayw. San Juan R. (fide Hay ward).
B. dubitans Lee. Coolidge (W.), Sacrament Mts. (K.).
B. mutatum G. and H. Beulah (Skinner).
B. quadrimaculatum L. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C), Beulah (C).
B. cautum Lee. Pecos (C).
B connivens Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.). I do not think this species is sepa-
rable from the preceding.
B. assimile Gyll. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Tachys nanus Gyll. Beulah (Skinner), Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Truchas Peaks (W. P. C).
T. incurvus Say. Albuquerque (W. ), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
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158 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
T. dolosus Lee. Albuquerque (C).
T. cockerelli n. sp. Romeroville (C).
T. audax Lee. Las Vegas (C).
T. nebulosus Cbaud. Santa Fe (Fenyes), Highrolls (V.).
T. xanthopus Dej. "New Mexico" (fide Hayward).
T. corax Lee. Albuquerque (C).
T. vorax Lee. "New Mexico" (fide Hayward).
T. pumilus Dej. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Patrobus long-icornis Say. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Trechus chalybeus Mann. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Walnut Creek (S).
Pterostichus protracuis Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
P. longulus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulab (Skin-
ner), Fort Wiugate (Wbeeler Surv.), S. Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.).
P. substriatus Lee. Beulab (Skinner), Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe (C).
Coolidge (W.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Mescalero (C), Watrous (C), Eagle Creek
(T.), Clouderoft (V.).
P. constrictus Say. Walnut Creek (S.).
P. scitulus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Zuni (T.), Colora'o (C).
P. l^tulus Lee. Coolidge (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
P. sayi BruUe. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
P. lucublandus Say. Las Vegas (C).
P. luczotii Dej. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), top of Las Vegas
Range (C), Clouderoft (C), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulab (C), Rio de las Casas
(Sturgis). A species characteristic of the Canadian and Hudsonian Zones.
P. femoralis Kirby. Beulab (C).
Evarthrus torvus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C), Sacramento
Mts. (K.).
Amara jacobinse Lee. Demiug (Sehwarz), Beulab (Skinner).
A. laticollis Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Santa Fe (C), Viveash Ranch (C).
A. carinata Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe (C), Coolidge (W.), Las
Vegas (Gilbert Rosenwald).
A. brunneipennis Dej. Top of Las Vegas Range (C), Truehas Peaks (W.
P. C). A species of the Hudsonian and Arctic-Alpine Zones.
A. fulvipes Putz. "New Mexico" (Bolter coll.).
A. latior Kirby. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.).
A. impuncticoUis Say. Old Pecos Pueblo (E. L. Hewett and Ruth Raynolds).
A. fallax Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
A. confusa Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Coolidge (W.), between Santa Fe and Ft. Wingate (Wheeler Surv.).
A. polita Lee. Coolidge (W.), San Geronimo (W. P. C. and M. Cooper), Beu-
lab (Skinner), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
A. farcta Lee. "New Mexico."
A. interstitialis Dej. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulab (C), Sacramento Mts.
(K.), Las Vegas (C).
A. erratica Sturm. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
A. californica Dej. Las Cruces (C).
A. remotestriata Dej. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), top of Las
Vegas Range (C), Clouderoft (K.), Harvey's Ranch (Ruth Raynolds), Las Vegas
(Martin D. C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (C), Coolidge (W.).
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A. femoralis Horn. Trucbas Peaks (W. P. C). This is from the Arctic-
Alpine Zone.
A. g-ibba Lee. Las Vegas (M. Cavanaugh).
A. nupera Horn. Las Vegas (C), Las Valles (C), San Gerouimo (W. P. C.
and M. Cooper), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Highrolls (V.).
A. harpalina Lee. Water Canon (S.).
A. musculus Say. ''New Mexico" (Fenyes).
Diplochila obtusa Lee. Ruidoso (T.).
Dicselus Isevipennis Lee. Las Vegas (Gilbert Rosen wald), Eagle Creek
(T.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Cloudcroft (V.).
D. sculptilis Say. Beulah (C), Sacramento Mts. (K).
Calathus gregarius Say. Ruidoso, identity doubtful (T.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
C. ingratus Dej. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
C. advenus Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
C. dubius Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.),
Eagle Creek (T.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Pecos (C).
Platynus myrmecodes Horn. Las Vegas (C), Rio Ruidoso (T.).
P. dissectus Lee. Cloudcroft (K.), Raton (W. P. C), Eagle Creek (T.),
Santa Fe (Fenyes),
P. nivalis Horn. Beulah (C, Skinner), Pecos (C), Water Canon (S.), Santa
Fe Canon (S.).
P. sinuatus Dej. Santa Fe Canon, var. (S.), Pecos (C), Rio de las Casas
(Sturgis).
P. extensicollis Say. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C).
P. extensicollis v. simplex Lee. Mesilla (C).
P. decorus Say. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
P. californicus v. texnnus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Colora'o (C).
P. bicolor Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
P. piceolus Lee. Beatty's Cabin, identity doubtful (W. P. C).
P. aflflnis Kirby. Taos (Wheeler Surv.).
P. frater Lee. Coolidge (W.).
P. cupripennis Say. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (W. P. C).
P. placidus Say. Beulah (Skinner). Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.),
Santa Fe Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (C), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Santa Fe (C),
Las Vegas (C).
P. bog-emanni Gyll. Cloudcroft (V.).
P. quadripunctatus DeG. Gallinas Canon (S.).
P. bembidioides Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.).
P. ruflcornis Lee. Las Vegas (C), var. ? Highrolls (V.).
Euphorticus pubescens Dej. Walnut Creek (S.).
Casnonia pennsylvanica L. Las Trucbas, Guadalupe Co. (L. Gerhardt).
Galerita lecontei Dej. Mesilla Valley (C).
Zupbium americanum Dej, Alamogordo (K.).
Diaphorus tenuicoUis Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
Thalpius hornii Chd. Mesilla Valley (C).
Lebia divisa Lee. Beulah (C).
L. grandis Hentz. Demiug (Schwarz).
L. atriventris Say. Albuquerque (W.).
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L. majuscula Chd. Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley, on Isocoma (C),
Organ (C). Tsuque (Fenyes).
L. atriceps Lee. Colora'o (C).
L. viridis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C). Eagle Creek (T.), Beulah
(Skinner), Soledad Canon, Organ Mts., on Fallngia, var. (C), Thornton (Fenyes).
High rolls (V.).
L. pleuritica Lee. Organ Mts. (T.).
L. scapula Horn. Walnnt Creek (S.).
L. analis Dej. Walnut Creek, var. (S.).
L. scapularis Dej. Gallinas Canon (S.).
L. furcata Leo. Probably this was recorded from Gallinas Canon (S.) as
"fuscnta Leo." Albuquerque (W.), Gallup (W. ).
L. gutfcula Lee. Coolidge (W.), Alamogordo (V.).
L. bivittata Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla (C), Organ Mts. (C), Santa
Fe (Fenyes). Found on Solanum.
Apristus subsulcatus Dej. Las Vegas Hot Springs (C).
Metabletvis americanus Dej. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.),
Beulah (C).
Axinopalpus biplagiatus Dej. Mesilla (C).
Tecnophilus croceicollis Men. Mesilla, June 21 (C), Albuquerque (W.),
Coolidge (W.), Colora'o, identification doubtful (C).
Callida platynoides Horn. Walnut Creek (S.).
Philcphug-a viridicollis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Highrolls (V.).
Pinacodera punctigera Lee. Walnut Creek (S.), Dripping Spring (C. ),
Eomeroville (C), Cloudcroft (K.).
Cymindis laticoUis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe
Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (M.Cavanaugh), Ruidoso (T.), La Treruen-
tina (Alice Blake).
C. cribricollis Dej. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Vegas
(C), Cloudcroft (K.), Beulah (Skinner). While the ranges of this and the last
overlap, the present species seems to belong to higher altitudes than C. laficollis.
C. planipennis Lee. "New Mexico" (Ulke), Santa Fe (Fall).
Helluomorpha ferruginea Lee. Tularosa (T.).
Brachynus cinctipennis Chevr. Albuquerque (W.).
B. conformis Dej. Albuquerque (W.).
B. tschernikhii Maun. Walnut Creek (S.).
Chlsenius ruflcaudus Chaud. Walnnt Creek (S.).
C. sericeus Forst. Top of Las Vegas Range (C), Las Vegas (Gilbert Eoscn-
wald), Pecos, identity doubtful (C).
C. leucoscelis Chevr. Las Vegas Hot Springs (C).
C. solitarius Say. "New Mexico" (Wheeler Surv.), Albuquerque (W.).
Thornton (Fenyes).
C. obsoletus Lee. Walnnt Creek (S.).
C. tricolor Dej. Albuquerque (W.).
C. brevilabris Lee. Albuquerque (C).
C. pennsylvanicus Say. Albuquerque ( W.), Las Vegas (Gilbert Rosenwald ).
Oodes cuprseus Chaud. Albuquerque (C, W.).
Geopinus incrassatus Dej. Gallup (Helen Blake).
Nothopus zabroides Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.). Mesilla Park
(C), Cloudcroft (K.), near Abiguin (Wheeler Survey).
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Polpochila capitata Chaud. Deming (Schwarz).
Cratacanthus dubius Beau v. Coolidge (W.).
Piosoma setosum Lee. Water Cauon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Coolidge
(W.), Gallup (W.), Old Pecos Pueblo (Hewett and Eaynolds, C).
Ag-onoderus lineola Fabr. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Col-
ora'o (C).
A. pallipes Fabr. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe (C), Silver City (C), Pecos
(C), Las Vegas (Gilbert Rosenwald), Deming (Schwarz), Mesilla (C).
Discoderus parallelus Hald. Top of Las Vegas Range (C).
D. impotens Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Alamogordo (K),
Roswell (C), Colora'o (C), Silver City (C), Deming (C), Thornton (Fenyes).
D. tenebrosus Lee. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
D. cordicollis Horn. Deming (Schwarz).
D. amoenus Lee. Alamogordo (V.).
Harpalus retractus Lee. Pecos (C), Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.),
Gallinas Canon (S.), Ruidoso (T.), Beulah (Skinner), Sacramento Mts. (K.),
Watrous (C), Coolidge. (W.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C), Pinos Altos
(C). Abundant from the Canadian Zone to the Upper Souoran, but not observed
in the typical Middle Sonoran.
H. amputatus Say. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Santa Fe (C). Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Gallup (Helen
Blake), Las Valles (C), Coolidge (W.). Las Vegas (C), Glorieta (C).
H. caliginosus Fabr. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Gallup (W.),
Grant Co. (Howard), Las Vegas (C), Roswell (C). A species of the Upper
Sonoran, entering the Transition Zone.
H. pennsylvanicus DeG. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla (C), Roswell (C),
Santa Fe (Fenyes).
H. compar Lee. Santa Fe Cauon (S.).
H. fallax Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner). The types were col-
lected at Santa Fe by Kern and Fendler.
H. herbivag-us Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), San Gero-
nimo (W. P. C. and M. Cooper).
H. somnulentus Dej. Beulah (Skinner).
H. ellipsis Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner).
H. montanus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
H. funestus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Taos (Yarrow), Beulah (Skinner).
H. oblitus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Cool-
idge (W.), Pecos (C). The type was collected at Santa Fe by Fendler.
H. clandestinus Lee. Las Vegas (C), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Santa Fe
(Fenyes).
H. ochropus Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Lone Mountain (C), Taos (Yarrow). H. desertus Lee. was founded on a
specimen collected by Fendler.
H. lustrans Casey. Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.).
H. basilaris Kirby. Water Canon (S.).
H. alienus Lee. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
H. cordatus Lee. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
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Selenophorus pedicularius Dej. Grallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.),
Coolidge (W.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Organ Mts. (T.), Las Vegas (C).
Stenolophus conjunctus Say. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), San
Geroninio (W. P. C. and M. Cooper), Beulah (C).
S. cincbicollis Lee. Roswell (C).
S. ochropezus Say. Albuquerque (W. ), Mesilla Valley (C).
Bradycellus (Trichocellus) cog'natus Gyll. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
B. rtipestris Say. Las Vegas (Martin D. C), San Geronimo (W. P. C. and
M. Cooper), Las Valles (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (C), Alaniogordo (K.), Sauta
Fe (Fenyes).
B. rupestris v. congener Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
B. nigriceps Lee. "New Mexico" (Fenyes).
Tachycellus nigrinus Dej. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (C).
T. turbatus Fall. Common in canons surrounding Cloudcroft (K.), Beulah
(C), Cloudcroft (V.).
Anisodactylus rusticus Dej. "New Mexico." Hook Mountain (collector
unknown).
A. harrlsii Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Las Vegas, identity doubtful (C).
A. porosus Mots. "New Mexico." Santa Fe (Feldler), type locality of A.
chalceus Lee, now considered identical with porosus.
A. maculicornis Chaud. Walnut Creek (S.).
Pseudomorpha ang-ustata Horn. Deming (Schwarz).
AMPHIZOID^.
Ampliizoa lecontei Matth. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
HALIPLID^.
Haliplus triopsis Say. Albuquerque (W.), Wootens (K.).
Cnemidotus callosus Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
DYTISCID^.
Laccophilus macnlosus "Say." San Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.).
L. decipiens Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Las Vegas (C), Canon de Chelle (Wheeler Surv.).
L. proximus Say. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
L. terminalis Sharp. Las Vegas (C).
L. mexicaTius Aube. Albuquerque (W.).
L. quadrilineatus Horn. Deming (Schwarz).
Bides.sus afiQnis Say. Albuquerque (W.).
Coelambus punctatus Say. Albuquerque (W.).
C. medialis Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
C. nubilus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Fresnal Creek (K.),
Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.). The Albuquerque insect was, at least
in part, femoratus.
C. femoratus Fall. Albuquerque (W.).
Deronectes grlseostriatus DeG. San Geronimo (W. P. C. and M.Cooper).
D. striatellus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S ), Water Canon (S.), Sta. Fe Canon (S.).
Hydroporus obesus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
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H. vilis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Pecos (C), Santa Fe,
identity doubtful (C.)-
H. belfrag-ei Sharp. Beulah (C).
Ilybius biguttalus Germ. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe
Canon (S.).
I. laramseus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Ilybiosoma regularis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Copelatus chevrolatii Aube. Albuquerque (W.).
Agabus cordatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Ruidoso
(T.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Pecos (C). The type was obtained at Santa Fe by
Fendler.
A. intersectus Cr. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
A. lugens Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Pecos (C).
A. semivittatus Lee. Las Vegas (C).
A. semipunctatus Kirby. Santa Fe Canon (S.). Probably an erroneous de-
termination.
A. disintegratus Cr. Albuquerque (C).
A. austinii Sharp. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
A. obliteratus Lee. Santa Fe (C).
A. tristis Aube. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Rhantus binotatus Harris. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S. ), Albu-
querque (C), Las Vegas (C), Canon de Chelle (Wheeler Surv.).
B. atricolor Aube. Walnut Creek (S.), Soledad Canon, Organ Mts. fT.).
Colymbetes sculptilis Harris. "New Mexico" (Wheeler Surv.).
Eretes sticticus L. "New Mexico" (Townsend).
Dytiscus marg-inicoUis Lee. Tierra Amarilla 'Wheeler Surv.).
Thermonectes ornaticoUis Aube. Santa Rosa (K.).
T. ornaticoUis v. nigrofasciatas Aube. Albuquerque (W.).
T. basilaris Harris. Albuquerque (W.).
Cybister fimbriolatus Say. Albuquerque (W.).
GYRINID^.
Gyrinus plicifer Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Soledad Canon, Organ Mts. (C).
G. tnaculiventris Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
Dineutes assimilis Aube. Albuquerque (W.).
HYDROPHILID^.
Helophorus lineatus Say. Albuquerque (W.).
H. auricollis Esch. Albuquerque (W.j.
HYDROPHIL.ID-S3.
Helophorus lineatus Say. Albuquerque (W.).
H. auricollis Esch. Albuquerque (W.).
Ocbthebius foveicollis Lee. Moqui Villages (cf. Horn).
O. lineatus Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn).
O. sculptus Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
Hydrsena punctata Lee. Beulah (Skinner).
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Hydrophilus triangularis Say. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.),
Mesilla "S'alley (T.), Las Vegas (C), Alamogordo (K.), La Trenientina (Alice
Blake).
Tropisternus limbalis Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
T. lateralis Fab. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Las Vegas (C).
T. g-laber Hbst. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Canon de Clielle (Wheeler Survey),
between Santa Fe and Ft. Wingate (Wheeler Survey).
T. californicus Lee. Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C).
T. ellipticus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Organ Mts. (T.), Las Vegas (C), near Abiquin (Wheeler Surv.).
Berosus subsignatus Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
B. infuscatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Eoswell (C),
Mesilla Park (C), Alamogordo (K.).
B. striatus Say. Mesilla Valley (C), Colora'o (C).
Chsetarthria nigrella Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
C. pallida Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
Limnebius piceus Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Laccobius agilis Rand. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.), Beulah (C),
Santa Fe (Fenyes).
L. ellipticus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Philhydrus nebulosus Say. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Santa
Rosa (K.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (C).
P. diffusus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S), Albuqueique (W.).
Cymbiodyta morata Horn. Near the Moqui Villages (cf. Horn), James
Canon, near Cloudcroft (K.), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Alamogordo (V.).
C. flmbriata Mels. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Hydrobius fuscipes L. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
H. scabrosus Horn. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner).
Creniphilus subcupreus Say. Santa Fe (Janon (S.), Albuquerqne (W.),
Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (C).
C. ruflventris Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. infuscatus Mots. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Cercyon melanocephalum L. (?). Santa Fe (Fenyes).
SILPHID^.
Necrophorus carolinus L. Albuquerque (W.).
N. marginatus Fab. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Albuquerque
(W.), Coolidge (W.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Cloudcroft (V.). A form exactly
intermediate between marginatus and obscurus was found at Las Vegas (C).
N. guttula Mots. Apache Spring (T.), Cloudcroft (K.), Aztec (Baker).
N. guttula var. hecate Bland. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Santa Fe (Fenyes).
N. pustulatus var. melsheimeri Kirby. Beulah (C), Ponil Canon, 9650 ft.
(Miss Grace Eaton).
Silpba truncata Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Ruidoso
(T.), Pescao (Wheeler Survey).
S. lapponica Hbst. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Santa Fc (C), Cloudcroft (K.), near Abiquin (Wheeler Surv.).
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S. ramosa Say. Albuquerque (W.), Sta. Fe (C), Las Vegas (C), Coolidge (W.).
Pteroloma tenuicorne Lee. Euidoso (T.).
Chaleva basillaris Say. Walnut Creek (S.), Beulah (C).
C clavicornis Lee. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Hydnobius substriatus Lee. Beulah (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Wootens
(K.), Mt. Park, 6000 ft. below Cloudcroft (K.).
Anisotoma valida Horn. Gailinas Canon (S.).
A. punctatostriata Kirby. Beulah (Skinner).
A. difflcilis Horn. Pecos (C).
A. obsoleta Mels. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Colenis impunctata Lee. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B and S.).
Liodes g-lobosa Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
Ag-athidium revolvens Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
SCYDM^NID^.
Scydmsenus californicus Mots. Cloudcroft (K.).
PSBLAPHID^.
Tyrus corticinus Casey. Beulah (Skinner).
Pustiger knausii Schaef. Cloudcroft (K.), Beulah, with Lasius (C).
Decarthron discolor Brend. Albuquerque (W.), see also Casey, Col. Not.,
vii, p. 585.
Batrisus sp. A single female specimen, Beulah (C).
Bryaxis texana Casey. Albuquerque, identity not certain (C).
Euplectus sp. Cloudcroft, under pine bark (K.).
STAPHYLINID^.
Chltalia intricata Casey. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Lorinota caviceps Casey. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
L. acomana Casey. Cloudcroft (K.). Knaus found two or three under bark
in 1902.
Falagria dissecta Er. Beulah (C ).
F. subsimilis Casey. Las Vegas (cf. Casey), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B.
and S.).
F. bilobata Say. Cloudcroft, identity doubtful (K.).
Atheta sp. Cloudcroft (K.).
Lomechusa (Xenodusa) caseyi Wasm. Las Valles (W. P. C).
Tachyusa nigrella Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.). [Identity certainly doubtful.]
T. sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Aleochara bimaculata Clrav. Gailinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Coolidge (W.), Cloudcroft (K.).
A. bipustulata L. (iiitida Grav.), Gailinas Canon (S.).
A. (Baryodma) acomana Casey. Santa Fe Canon (S.) (cf. Casey).
A. (Baryodma) densiventris Casey. Las Vegas (Casey).
A. (Baryodma) recta Casey. Las Vegas (Casey).
Dasyg-lossa sp. Pecos (C).
Apteronius schmitti Wasm. Near Las Vegas, with ants (W. P. C. and
Mary Cooper), Las Vegas Hot Springs (Barber).
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Dinardilla liometopi Wasm. Near Las Vegas, with ants (Mary Cooper),
Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Heterothops fumig-atus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
H. mediocris n. sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Quedius explanatus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), ('londcroft (K.).
Q. fulgidus Fab. Albuquerque (C), Cloudcroft (K.).
Q. desertus Horn var. Cloudcroft (V.).
Q. limbifer Horn. Cloudcroft (K.).
Q. leevig-atus Gyll. Cloudcroft (K).
Q. molochinus Grav. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulab (C).
Q. hyperboreus Er. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Q. senescens Miikl. Cloudcroft (K.).
Creophilus villosus Grav. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa
Fe Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (C), Albuquerque (C), Euidoso (T.), Gallup
(Helen Blake), Magdalena (A. B. Fitcb).
Staphylinus mysticus Er. Walnut Creek (S.), Santa Fe (C).
S. tomentosus Grav. Pinos Altos (C).
S. fossator Grav. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Santa Fe var. (C).
S. modestus n. sp. Fresnal Canon near Cloudcroft (K.), Las Vegas (C),
Santa Fe (Fenyes).
S. comes Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
S. cinnamopterus Grav. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Belonuchus formosus Grav. Euidoso (T.).
Tympanophorus puncticollis Er. Cloudcroft (K.).
Philonthus seneus Eossi. Las Vegas (Gilbert Eosenwald).
P. furvus Nord. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Valles (C.)t
Cloudcroft (K., V.), Alamogordo (V.).
P. semiruber Horn. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
P. hepaticus Er. Las Vegas (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.), Alamo-
gordo (V.), Cloudcroft (K).
P. incertus Solsky. Near Las Vegas (C).
P. flavolimbatus Er. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Coolidge (W.),
Gallup (W.), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Cloudcroft (K.).
P. debilis Grav. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
P. varians PaykA. Ibuquerque (W.), Coolidge ( W.), Mesilla (C), Mescalero (C).
P. longicornis Steph. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Thornton (Fenyes).
P. alumnus Er. Mesilla (C), Thornton (Fenyes), Cloudcroft (K.).
P. innocuus Horn. Coolidge (W.), Deming (Schwarz).
P. triangulum Horn. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
P. sordidus Fauvel. Water Canon (S.), Pecos (C).
P. nigritulus Grav. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos (C).
P. instabilis Horn. Las Vegas (C), Manzanares Valley (Mary Cooper).
P. quadrulus Horn. Walnut Creek (S. ).
Actobius senilis Horn. Pecos (C. ).
A. gratus Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
A. psederoides Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Thornton
(Fenyes).
Xantholinus cephalus Say. Cloudcroft (K., V.), Beulah (Skinner).
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X. (Nudobius) arizonicus Casey. Las Vegas (cf. Casey). [Probably identi-
cal with the preceding.]
X. obsidianus Mels. Las Vegas (C).
X. hamatus Say. "tSfew Mexico" (cf. Casey, as Gyrohypnus).
X. (Gyrophypnus) fragilis Csy. "New Mexico" (cf. Casey).
Dianous nitidulus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (C), Pecos (C).
Stenus renifer Lee. Pecos (C).
S. juno Fab. Beulah (C).
S. n. sp. near juno. Beulah (C).
S. austini Casey. Beulah (C).
S. n. sp. near femoratus. Beulah (C).
S. alpicola Fauvel. Beulah (C).
S. arizonae Casey. Coolidge (W.).
S. nimbosus Casey. Las Vegas (C).
S. trajectus Casey. Beulah, identity uncertain (Mary Cooper).
Eueesthetus neomexicanus n. sp. Las Vegas (C).
Cryptobium (Gastrolobium) texanum Lee. Albuquerque.
C. (Gastrolobium) vag-um Horn. Albuquerque (W.), Pinos Altos (C).
Lathrobium (Lathrotaxis) ang-usta Casey. Albuquerque.
L. (Lathrotaxis) acomana Casey. "New Mexico."
L. (Lathrobiella) ventrale Lee. Mesilla, identity uncertain (C).
Psederus compotens Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
P. nevadensis Austin. "N. M."
Neomedon piciventre n. sp. Cloudcroft (K.).
Medon nitidulum Casey. Coolidge (W.).
Paramedon n. sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Medonodonta alutacea Casey. "N. M."
Scopseus texanus Casey. "New Mexico" (W. ).
Stilicus oblitus n. sp. Beulah (C).
Sunius longiusculus Mann. Beulah (Mary Cooper).
S. zuni Casey. Albuquerque (C).
S. arizonensis Casey. New Mexico (W.), (cf. Casey). [The specimens from
Beulah are not now at hand and may perhaps be this rather than longinsculus.]
Palaminus amplipennis n. sp. Pecos (C).
Tachinus repandus Horn. Beulah (Skinner).
T. instabilis Makl. Cloudcroft (K.).
Tachyporus maculipennis Lee. Beulah (C), Las Vegas (C), Cloudcroft
(K.). [Not typical, perhaps a distinct species.]
T. jocosus Say. Coolidge (W.), Beulah (C).
T. nitidulus Fab. {brnnneus Fab.), Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.), Beulah
(C), Valle Ranch, Pecos (C).
Erchomus ventriculus Say. Romeroville (C), Cloudcroft (K.).
Bryoporus rufescens Lee. Walnut Creek (S.). In Arizona it occurs at
Tucson (H. and S.).
Mycetoporus humidus Say. Las Vegas (C).
Trichophya lativentris Csy. ? Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Pseudopsis sulcata Newman. Cloudcroft (K.).
Bledius armatus Say. Albuquerque (W.), Eoswell (C).
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168 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
B. ineptus Casey. Albuquerque (W.).
B. gravidus Casey. Albuquerque (W.).
B. ornatus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
B. emarg-inatus Say. Mesilla Valley (C).
Platystethus americanus Er. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe (C), Beulah (C).
Oxytelus fuscipennis Mann. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
O. invenustus Csy. Cloudcroft (K.).
O. alpicola Csy. Beulah (C).
O. suspectus Csy. Manzanares Valley (Mary Cooper), Beulah (C).
O. sp. Beulah (C).
Trog-ophloeus dentig-er Csy. Albuquerque (W.).
T. sp. San Geronimo (C).
Apocellus analis Lee. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
A. sphsericoUis Say. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla (C), Beulah (C. ), Santa
Eosa (K.), Alamogordo (V.).
Deleaster concolor Lee. Coolidge (W.), Watrous (C).
Geodromicus ovipennis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Beulah (C).
G. nubilatus Csy. Las Vegas (cf. Casey).
Homalium lapponicum Zett. Cloudcroft (K.), Beulah (C).
H. pusillum Grav. Cloudcroft (K.).
H. n. sp. ? near foraminosum. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
H. n. sp., near humerosum Trout Spring (C).
Anthobium tibials Csy. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulah (C), Cloudcroft (V.).
Megarthrus americanus Sachse. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S. ),
Cloudcroft (K.).
Lispinus linearis Er. Roswell (C).
Triga picipennis Lee. Santa Rosa (K.).
Siagonium punctatum Lee. Cloudcroft (K.). Also taken by Viereck.
S. sp. Santa Eosa (K.).
Micropeplus tesserula Curt. ''New Mex." (S.).
SCAPHIDIID^.
Bseocera texana Csy. Beulah (C), Cloudcroft (K.), Las Vegas Hot Springs
(B. and S.).
Scaphisoma castaneum Mots. Cloudcroft (K.).
PHALACRID^.
Phalacrus penicellatus Say. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.).
P. sayi Csy. Coolidge (W.), Wootens (K.).
P. simplex Lee. Near Dimmitt's Lake, Pecos Valley (C).
Ollbrus vittatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
O. nigricoUis Lee. Wootens (K.), Pecos (C), Las Vegas (Casey).
O. pallipes Say. Beulah (C).
O. semistriatus Lee Beulah (C), Wootens (K.).
O. wickhami Csy. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.).
Eustilbus apicalis Mels. Las Vegas (C), Pecos (C).
E. nitidus Mels. Near Las Vegas (C), Walnut Creek (S.).
E. nanulus Csy. Albuquerque (W.).
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COCCINELLID^.
Paransemia vittig-era Mann. Albuquerque (W)). Las Vegas (C), Rociada
(C), uear Abiquiu (Wheeler Surv.), Santa Eosa (K.), Cloudcroft (K.).
Megilla macalata DeG. Mesilla Valley (C), San Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.).
Hippodamia 13-punctata L. Mescalero (C), Aztec (Baker).
H. parenthesis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.),
Beulah (C), Mesa above Beulab (C), Ruidoso (T.), Glorieta (C), Cloudcroft
(V.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
H. glacialis Fab. Mesilla Valley, det. Hamilton (C).
H. quinquesig-nata Kirby. Albuquerque (W.), Water Canon (S.), Coolidge
(W.), Santa Fe (Feuyes).
H. lecontei Muls. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.).
H. converg-ens Guer. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon
(S.), Mesilla Valley (C), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Top of Las Vegas
Range (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.), Highrolls (V.), Alamogordo (V.),
Cloudcroft (V.), Ruidoso (T.), Embudo (C), Lone Mountain (C), San Ildefonso
(Wheeler Surv.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulah (G). Ranges from the Middle
Sonoran to the Hudsonian, and is probably the most abundant beetle in New
Mexico.
H. sinuata Muls. Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.), Colora'o (T.), Mescalero
(C), Las Vegas (C), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Gallup (Fall).
H. oreg'onensis Cr. Walnut Creek (S.).
H. americana Cr. Fort Wingate (Casey).
H. falcig'era Cr. Beulah (Skinner). [This and the two preceding are prob-
ably merely varieties of spuria.]
Adalia bipunctata var. humeralis Say. Placita, on flowers of wild plum (C),
Pecos (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S ).
A. frig'ida Schn. " New Mexico " ; Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
A. frig-ida var. melanopleiira Lee. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.)
A. annectans Crotch. Beulah, on flowers of Circuta (C); transversalis Csy.,
Las Vegas.
Agrabia cyanoptera Muls. Albuquerque (W.), "New Mexico" (cf. Casey
and Leng).
Coccinella novemnotata Hbst. Gallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.),
Pecos (C), Top of Las Vegas Range (C), Beulah (C), Coolidge (W.), Santa Fe
(Fenyes).
C. 9-notata var. degener Csy. Fort Wingate (Casey).
C. monticola Muls. Taos (Wheeler Surv.), also cf. Snow.
C. transversoguttata Fab. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beu-
lah (C), Santa Fe (C), Top of Las Vegas Range (C), Aztec (Baker).
C. transversog'uttata var. nugatoria Muls. Santa Fe (C).
C. transversoguttata var. alutacea Csy. "New Mexico."
C. trifasciata L. Pecos (C), Mescalero (C), Beulah (C). Ruidoso (T.),
Wootens (K.).
C. diflBcilis Cr. Coolidge (W.), near Las Vegas (C).
C. sang'uinea L. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Pecos (C).
C. oculata Fab. Mesilla Valley (T.), Mescalero (C). ^
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170 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
C. oculata var. plagiata Casey. Sacrameuto Mts. (K.).
C. oculata v&v. fenestralis Casey. Las Vegas (Casey).
C. oculata var. abdomiiialis Say. Galliuas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.),
Albuquerque (W.), Socorro (C), Mesilla Valley (C), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Las
V^egas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Harmonia picta Rand. Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Eagle Creek
(T.), Wootens (K.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Anatis lecontei Casey. Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Beuiah (C),
Rociada (C), Ruidoso (T.), Fort Wingate (Casey), near Cloudcroft (K.), Las
Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.). [Previou.sly confused with rathvoni.]
Neomysia hornii Cr. Coolidge (W), Santa Fe (Myrtle Boyle), Tsuque
(Fenyes), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
N. hornii var. interrupta Casey. Fort Wingate (Casey), Santa Fe (Fenyes),
Gallinas Canon (suhvittata) (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Psj'^llobora 20-maculata Say. Gallinos Canon (S.), Ruidoso (T.), Sacra-
mento Mts. (K.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
P. 20-maculata var. txdata Lee. Ruidoso 6600 ft. on Rhus (Wooton), Pecos
(C. ), Wootens (K.), Las Vegas Hot Springs, a doubtful variety (B. and S.),
Highrolls (V.).
Epilachna corrupta Muls. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Albu-
querque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), San Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.), Santa Fe (C),
Pecos {C.)j San Ignacio (C), Rinconada (C), Cliif, destructive to beans (Gila
Farm Coy.), near Wootens (K.).
Chilocorus bivulnerus Muls. Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla
Valley (C), Tierra Amarilla (Wheeler Surv.), Las Vegas Hot Springs, a variety
(B. and S.).
C. cacti L. Mesilla Valley (C).
Axion plag-iatum Oliv. Gallinas Canon (S.).
A. plag-iatum var. nlutaceum Casey. Las Vegas (Casey), Las Vegas Hot
Springs (B. and S.).
Exochomus marg-inipennis Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
E. marg-inipennis var. hcegei Gorh. Deming (Schwarz), San Antonio (Al-
laire), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
E. marginipennis var. lethiops Bland. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon
iS.), Coolidge (W.), Beuiah (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Zag-loba ornata Horn. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Brachyacantha ursina Fab. San Ignacio (C), Pecos (C), Santa Fe (Fen-
yes), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
B. ursina var. 10-pusfalata Mels. Gallinas Canon (S.).
B. ursina var. tan Lee. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Hyperaspis lateralis Muls. Mesilla Valley (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Las
Vegas Hot Springs, common and very variable on Pinus edidis (B. and S.).
H. hsematosticta n. sp. Santa Fe (Fenyes), Las Vegas Hot Springs, on
Pinus edulis (B. and S.).
H. proba var. trinifer Casey. Las Vegas (Casey).
H. gemina Lee. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
H. osculans Lee. Mesilla Valley (C). In Arizona it occurs at Tucson (H.
and S).
H. flmbriolata Melsh. Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), near Las Vegas
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(C), TrucLas Peaks (W. P. C), near Lea Lake, Pecos Valley (C), Beulah (Skin-
ner), near Clondctoft (K.). Las Veg:as Hot Springs (S. and B.). Santa Eosa (K.).
H. undulata Say. Albuquerque (W.). Mesilla Valley (C), Coolidge (W.).
H. 4-vittata Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (C), Las
Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Hyperaspidius trimaculatus L. Mesilla Valley (T.), Coolidge (W), Las
Vegas (C), Pecos (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S), Alamogordo (V.).
H. ing-enitus Csy. Las Cruces (C), probably a variety of the preceding.
Nipus n. sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Microweisea misella Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Stethorus punctum Lee. New Mexico (cf. Horn), Albuquerque (W.).
S. atomus Csy. Highrolls (V.). [Here probably should be placed the New
Mexican specimens placed by Horn with his Scijmnus tdilis.]
Scymnus -flavescens Csy. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
S. nug-ator Csy. Identity not certain, Santa Fe (Fenyes).
S. fraternus Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
S. marg-inicollis Mann. Albuquerque (W.), Sauta Fe (C).
S. collaris Mels. Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla, det. Ashmead (C.), Santa
Rosa (K.).
S. horni Gorh. Alamogordo (V.), Highrolls (V), Cloudcroft (V.). In Arizona
at Tucson (H. and S.).
S. socer Lee. Albuquerque (W.). [This identification is doubtful, as is also
the suggested synonymy of both Horn and Casey.]
S. cockerelli Casey. Albuquerque (C).
S. ardelio Horn. Mesilla Valley (C), Beulah (C), Pecos (C).
S. cinctus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
S. strabus Horn. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B.
and S.).
S. coniferarum Cr. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.), Cloudcroft (K.).
S. nanus Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn).
S. opaculus Horn. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
S. coloradensis Horn. Pecos (C).
S. sordidus Horn. Deming (Schwarz).
S. intrusus Horn. Albuquerque (C).
S. sp. near monticola Csy. " N. M." (coll. Fall).
S. sp. near uteanus Csy. Highrolls (V.).
S. virginalis Wick. Cloudcroft (V.). [Not a true Scynmns.]
Cephaloscymnus occldentalis Horn. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
BNDOMYCHID.^.
Lycoperdina ferrug-inea Lee. Beulah (C).
Aphorista morosa Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Harveys
Ranch (C). Sacramento Mts. (K.), Cloudcroft (V.).
Bpipocus unicolor Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B
and S.).
EROTYLID^.
Acropteroxys gracilis Newm. Water Canon (S.).
A. divisa Horn. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn).
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172 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Tritoma thoracica Say. Santa Fe (Fen yes).
T. mesosternalis Schaef. Santa Fe (Fenyes), Cloudcroft (K.). [This spe-
cies was described under the generic name Triplax, following the lead of certain
European authors; I am not yet satisfied that the change is necessary.]
Cypherotylus aspersus Gorh. [Formerly identified as Erotylns boisdiivalli
Chev ] Water Canon (S.), Galliuas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Coolidge
(W.), Grant Co. (Howard), Beulah (C), near Santa Fe (Fendler).
COLYDIID.^.
Lasconotus concavus Casey. Cloudcroft (K.), Las Vegas (Meska), Las
Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Aulonium sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Bothi-ideres montanus Horn. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner), Las
Vegas Hot Springs (B. aud S.).
CUCUJID^.
Sllvanus surinamensis L. Roswell (C).
Cathartus advena Waltl. Roswell (C). Beulah (Skinner).
Nausibius clavicornis Kugel. "New Mexico" (of. LeConte), Mesilla Valley,
introduced (C).
Narthecius monticola u. sp. Cloudcroft (K.).
Pediacus fuscus Er. Galliuas Canon (S.).
Cucujus clavipes Fab. San Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.).
C, clavipes yht. piiniceus Mann. Mesilla (C).
CRYPTOPHAGID^.
Antherophag-us pallidivestis Csy. Beulah, in nest of Bomhus (W. P. C),
Cloudcroft (K.), Wootens (K.). It is not in Wickbam's Colorado list, but was
taken in 1906 at Florissant (C).
Cryptophag-us (Salebius) tarsalis Csy. "New Mexico" (S.).
Henoticus serratus Gyll. Pecos (C).
Agathengis forticornis Csy. Coolidge (W.).
A. sp. Wootens (K.).
Atomaria ephippiata Zimra. Pecos (C).
MYCETOPHAGID^.
Mycetophagus confusus Horn. Beulah, in nest of Bomhus (W. P. C),
Santa Fe (Fenyes), Cloudcroft (K.). Knaus found it under pine bark.
Litargus balteatus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla, in a fungus (C), Las
Vegas Hot Springs (Fail).
L. nebulosus Lee. Las Cruces (of. Casey, Jn. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 1900).
Typhsea fumata L. Albuquerque (W. ), Mesilla Valley (C), Deming
(Schwarz).
DERMBSTID^.
Dermestes marmoratus Say. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.),
Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), La Trementina (Alice Blake), Chaves
(T.), Santa Fe (C), Pinos Altos (C), Cloudcroft (V.), Highrolls (V.), Alamo-
gordo (V.).
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D. caninus Germ. Water Canon (S.), Alamorgodo (V.).
D. fasciatus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Fort Wingate (Casey), Placita (C).
D. talpinus Mann. Gallinas Canon (S.).
D. vulpinus Fab. Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley
(C), Albuquerque (C).
D. lardarius L. Las Vegas (C), Pecos (C).
D. signatus Lee. Fort Wingate (Casey).
Attagenus piceus Oliv. Mesilla Valley (C).
A. elong-atulus Csy. Pecos (C).
Novelsis hornii Jayne. Mesilla Valley (C), Santa Fe (C), Alamogordo (V.),
Las Vegas (Clara Gerhardt).
N. byturoides Cr. Alamogordo (V.).
N. varicolor Jayne. Alamogordo (V.).
Trog-oderma tarsals Mels. Mesilla Valley (T.).
T. sternale Jayne. Mesilla Valley (C), Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.),
Coolidge (W.).
T. oblongula Csy. Beulah, identity not certain (C), Alamogordo (V.).
T. sp. Alamogordo (V.).
Cryptorhopalum reversum Csy. Fort Wingate (Shufeldt), HighroUs (V.).
C. pruddeni Csy. Alamogordo (V.).
C. balteatum Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
C. apicale Mann. "New Mexico" (of. Snow).
C. ruficorne Lee. Deming (Schwarz). [Probably wrongly identified.]
Schwarz reports it also from Tucson, Ai-iz. (H. and S.).
C. fusculum Lee. (?) Alamogordo (V.).
Anthrenus scrophularise L. Las Vegas (C), Pecos (C), Alamogordo (V.).
A. scrophularise v a.r. flavipes Lee. Coolidge (W.).
A. verbasci L. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (T.).
Orphilus ater Er. Trout Spring (C), Beulah (C), Pecos (C), Cloudcroft
(V.), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
O. ater var. subnitidus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.). Wick-
ham gives ten Colorado localities for siibnitidus, but none for ater proper; the
latter, however, occurs at Halfway House, Pike's Peak (C).
HISTERID^.
Hololopta populnea Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.).
Hister subopacus Lee. Cloudcroft, under pine bark (K.). [Identity not
certain.]
H. instratus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
H. sculpticauda Csy. Fort Wingate.
H. ulkei Horn. Coolidge (W.), Lone Mt. (C), Mesilla Valley (C), Zuni (T.),
between Pinos Altos and Silver City (C).
H. ccBnosus Er. "New Mexico" (coll. Fall).
H. abbreviatus Fab. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sta. Fe Canon (S.), Albuquerque
(W.).
H. depurator Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (C.)
Sacramento Mts. (K.).
H. incertus Mars. "New Mexico" (coll. Fall).
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174 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
H. militaris Horu. Coolidge (W.), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Santa Eosa (K.), Ala-
niogordo (K.).
H. indistinctus Say. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn).
H. pollutus Lee. "Kansas and New Mexico" (cf. Leconte, 1859).
Platysoma lecontei Mars. Mesilla Valley (C).
P. punctig-era Lee. Beiilah (Skinner), Cloudcroft (K.), Las Vegas Hot
Springs (Fall).
Epierus regularis Beau v. Albuquerque (W.).
E. nasutus Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.).
E. cornutus Csy. Las Vegas (Casey).
Hetserius tristriatus Horn. Coolidge (W.).
Paromalus estriatus Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.).
P. debilis Lee. Slight variety, Cloudcroft (V.).
Saprinus discoidalis Lee. Engle (Nora Newberry), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
S. pectoralis Lee. Alamogordo (V.).
S. alienus Lee. Alamogordo (V.).
S. lug-ens Er. Gallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C),
Coolidge (W.), Piuos Altos (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
S. pennsylvanicus Payk. Water Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Gallup
(W.), Deming (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
S. profusus Csy. Santa Rosa (K.). [Very close to and perhaps only a var.
of the preceding.]
S. oreg-onensis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.). Santa Fe Canon (S.), Coolidge
(W.), Santa Rosa (K.), Pecos (C).
S. oregonensis v. (listing uendus Mars. Mesilla Valley (C), Santa Fe fFenyes).
S. assimilis Payk. "New Mexico" (coll. Fall).
S. contractus Csy. (?) Alamogordo (V.).
S. neglectus Mars. Gallinas Canon (S. ), Water Canon (S.).
S. vitiosus Lee. Alamogordo (V.).
S. lubricus Lee. Pecos (C).
S. plenus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Gallup (W.), Sacramento Mts. (K.),
Alamogordo (V.).
S. flmbriatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Gallup (W.),
Albuquerque (W.).
S. flmbriatus var. desertoriim Mars. New Mexico (W.).
S. cserulescens Lee. var. Deming (C). [Differs by surface less opaque and
humeral stria less completely obliterated.]
S. patruelis Lee. Deming (Schwarz).
Plegaderus sayi Mars. Beulah, in nest of Bombns juxtus (W. P. C), Santa
Fe (Fenyes).
P. nitidus Horn. var. Common in chambers of Scolytids under pine bark,
Cloudcioft (K.), also taken by Viereck.
' P. censors Horn. Cloudcroft (K.).
Acritus exiguus Er. "New Mexico" (Fucbs coll.).
NITIDULID^.
Brachypterus urticee Fab. Beulah (C).
Cercus sericans Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Carpophilus yuccse Cr. Alamogordo (V.).
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C. hemipterus L. Mesilla Valley (T., C).
C. pallipennls Say. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (C), Cloudcroft
iK.), Pecos (C), Santa Fe (C), (Wheeler Survey), Alamogordo (V.).
C. dimidiatus Fab. [mutilatus Fab). Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. decipiens Horn. Albuquerque (W.).
C. niger Say. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Gallup (W.), Santa
Fe (C).
C. discoideus Lee. Gallup (W.).
C. zuni Csy. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulah (Skinner), Albuquerque (W.).
Epursea rufa Say Gallinas Canon (S.).
E. Integra Horn. Beulah, in nest of Bombus (W. P. C).
E. ambig-ua Mann. Cloudcroft (K.).
E. papag-ona Csy. Beulah, identity not certain (Skinner).
E. immunda Sturm. Sacramento Mts. (K.), infuscata, Gallinas Canon (S.).
E. immunda va.r. flavomacnlata Miikl. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
E. adumbrata Mann. Beulah. identity not certain (Skinner).
B. truncatella Mann. "New Mexico" (cf. Snow), top of Las Vegas Range,
identity doubtful (C).
E. alticola n. sp. Top of Las Vegas Eange (C).
E. estiva L. " New Mex." (cf. Snow), Beulah (C).
Nitidula bipunctata L. Near Cloudcroft (K.).
N. ziczac Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Albuquerque (W.), Beu-
lah (Skinner), Alamogordo (V.).
Omosita discoidea Fabr. Beulah (C.j, Roswell (C).
Soronia undulata Say. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Perthalycra murrayi Cr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sta. Fe Canon (S.;, Pecos (C).
Pocadius fulvipennis Er. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.j.
Orthopeplus quadricollis Horn. Walnut Creek (S.), Cloudcroft (K.).
Meligethes mutatus Har. Santa Fe (C.J, Albuquerque (W.), Gallup (W.),
Beulah (C), Glorieta (C.I, Sierra Blanca region (Wooton), Wootens (K.).
M. ruflcornis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), near Abiquiu
(Wheeler Surv.).
Cryptarcha concinna Melsh. Cloudcroft (V.V
Ips cylindricus Lee. Las Vegas Hot Springs (Fall), Cloudcroft (K.).
Pityophagus cephalotes Lee. Water Canon (S.).
P. rufipennis Horn. Walnut Creek (S.).
P. verticalis Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.), Eagle Creek (T.), Sta. Fe (Fenyes).
Rhizophagus dimidiatus Mann. Walnut Creek (S.).
R. procerus Casey. Cloudcroft (K.).
R. sp. Cloudcroft (K.j. Very close to minutus, and perhaps only a variety of
it. Knaus found it common under bark of quaking aspen.
LATHRIDIID^.
Coninomus constrictus Gyll. " New Mexico" (S.).
Cartodere filum Aube. Las Vegas (Frank Springer).
Corticaria rudis Fall. Coolidge (W.).
C. serrata Payk. " New Mexico."
C. dentigera Lee. " New Mexico" (S.).
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176 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
C. ferruginea Marsh. "New Mexico" (S.), Ponil Canon (Miss Grace Eaton).
Melanophthalma anaericana Mann. Mesilla Valley (C), Beulah, in nest
of Bomhns (W. P. C), Cloudcroft (K.), Las Vegas (C).
M. cavicollis Mann. Coolidge (W.).
TROGOSITID^.
Nemosoma cylindricum Lee. (or n. sp.). Las Vegas Hot Spgs. (B. and S.).
Alindria teres Mels. Mesilla, in a fungus (C), Highrolls (V.).
Trogosita virescens Fab. Gallinas Canon (S.), Wootens (K.), Pecos (C),
Cloudcroft, bronze form, perhaps distinct species (K.).
Tenebrioides corticalls Mels. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Mesilla, identity doubtful (C).
T. sinuata Lee. Cloudcroft (V.).
T. mauritanica L. Mesilla Valley ((/.).
T. sp. dub. Pecos (C).
Calitys scabra Thunb. Harvey's Eanch (Ruth Raynolds).
Peltis pippingskcBldi Mann. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Cloudcroft (K.).
P. ferruginea L. Cloudcroft (K.).
MONOTOMID^.
Monotoma parallela Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
M. quadrifoveolata Aube. Albuquerque (W.).
Europs striatulus n. sp. Cloudcroft (K.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B.and S.).
Bactridium striatum Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
BYRRHID.^.
Pedilophorus lateralis n. sp. Las Vegas, June (C.;.
Byrrbus cyclophorus Kirby. Walnut Creek (S.).
B. murinus Fab. "San Ignacio with Lasias" (C).
Limnicbus perpolitus Csy. Albuquerque (W.).
L. analis Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.). In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
PARNID-^.
Dryops striatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), San Gero-
nimo (W. P. C. and M. Cooper), Beulah (Skinner), Las Vegas Hot Springs (C),
Sacramento Mts. (K.), Las Vegas (C), Pecos (C), Cloudcroft (V.), Highrolls (V.).
D. suturalis Lee. Las Vegas (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (C).
Blmis concolor Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
E. pecosensis n. sp. Pecos (C).
E. divergens Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
E. addendus n. sp. Pecos (C).
E. similis Horn. Abiquiu, hot springs (Wheeler Survey). In Arizona at
Tucson (H. and S.).
E. antennatus u. sp. Beulah (C).
HETEROCERID^.
Heterocerus pallidus Say. Mesilla Valley (C).
H. undatus Mels. Mesilla Valley (C).
H. gemmatus Horn. Albuquerque (W.).
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DASCYLLID^.
Eucinetus infumatus Lee. var. Cloudcroft (K.).
REIPICERID^.
Sandalus californicus Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
S. porosus Lee. Zuni (T.).
ELATERID^.
Melasis n. sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (S, and B.).
Deltometopus amoenicornis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas Hot
Springs (S. and B.).
Anelastes drurii Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Ruidoso
(T.), Pecos (Wheeler Surv.), between Sta. Fe and Fort Wingate (Wheeler Surv.).
A. drurii v. latreillei Lee. Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.).
Epiphanis cornutus Esch. Cloudcroft (K.).
Adelocera rorulenta Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
A. pyrsolepis Cand. Coolidge (W.), Pecos (M. Grabham).
Lacon rectang-ularis Say. Wiegand Ranch, near Las Vegas (C).
Meristhus scobinula Cand. Albuquerque (W.).
Chalcolepidius apacheanus Csy. Walnut Creek (S.), Grant Co. (Howard).
[In both the above records the species is given as webhii. The specimen taken by
Snow has been sent me and proves to be apacheanus; the Grant County one must
remain doubtful.]
Alaus melanops Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
A. lusciosus-Hope. Mesilla Valley (T.), Mesilla Park (Nora Newberry).
Cardiophorus longior Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley, presuma-
bly this, det. Hamilton as " longulus" (C).
C. pubescens Blanchard. " New Mexico" (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc , 1889).
C. nevadensis Blanchard. Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
Horistonotus vulneratus Horn. Deming (W.).
H. simplex Lee. Deming (Schwarz), Mesilla (C).
Cryptohypnus abbreviatus Say. Pecos (C).
C. nocturnus var. Ucolor Eseh. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Hypnoldeus striatulus Lee. Pecos (C).
H. tumescens Lee. Top of Las Vegas Range (C).
H. pectoralis Say. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
PbysorhinUB fusculus Champ. (Anchast us frontalis Horn.) Las Vegas (S.).
Monocrepidius vespertinus Fab. Tierra Aniarilla (Wheeler Survey).
M. athoides Lee. Mesilla (C), Mesilla Park, at light (C).
M. sordidus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Deming (Sehwarz), Colora'o (C), Ros-
well (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
M. auritus Hbst. (?) Near Las Vegas (C).
Ischiodontu3 ferreus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
I. sp. Thornton (Fenyes).
Elater rhodopus Lee. Rio Ruidoso (T.). [A little more finely punctate
than typical form.]
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178 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
E. rubriventris Lee. Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (S.), San Ignacio (C).
Pecos (C).
B. cordatus Horn. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
E. ater Lee. Pecos (Dr. Grabham).
E. nigrinus Payk. Gallinas Canon (S.).
E. pullua Cand. Gallinas Canon (S.).
E. mcerens Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Cloudcroft, identity doubtful (V.).
E. apicatus Say. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
E. sp. dub. Cloudcroft (V.).
E. sp. dub. Cloudcroft (V.).
Drasterias elegans Fabr. Eoswell (C), Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.),
Colora'o (C), Alamogordo (K.), Deming (Schwarz), Mesilla Park (C), Las Vegas
(C), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Thornton (Fenyes).
Ludius hepaticus Germ. Colora'o (C). [Probably an erroneous identifi-
cation.]
L. texanus Lee. Las Vegas (Gilbert Rosenwalt), La Trementina (Alice
Blake).
L. rubicundus Champ. Mesilla Park (C). Identity not quite certain, fide
Blanchard in Kit.
L. uniformis Blanch. MS. La Trementina (Alice Blake).
Dolopius lateralis Esch. Mesilla Valley, variety (C), Beulah (C), Placita
(C), Pecos (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
Glypbonyx recticollis Say. Water Canon (S.), Mesilla Park (C).
G. sp. Colora'o (C).
Melanotus castanipes Payk. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
M. communis Gyll. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
M. flssilis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Mesi'lla Valley (C),
Cloudcroft (K.).
M. exuberans Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
M. paradoxus Mels. Walnut Creek (S.).
M. sp. Cloudcroft (K.).
M. sp. Pecos (C).
Athous cribratus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Top of
Las Vegas Range (C), Beulah (C), Cloudcroft (K.).
A. jejunus n. sp. Cloudcroft (K.).
A. rufotestaceus n. sp. Beulah (C).
Corymbites rupestris Germ. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
C. planulus Lee. Pecos (C).
C. hieroglyphicus Say. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
C. Beripennis Kirby. Walnut Creek (S.).
C. infiatus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Hemicrepidius carbonatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas Hot
Springs (B. and S.).
H. soccifer Lee. "New Mexico."
H. memnonius Hbst. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C).
Eniconyx gracilis Horn. "New Mexico."
Aphricus luteipennis n. sp. Deming (W.).
Plastocerus n. sp. Highrolls (V.).
Cebrio compositus n. sp. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
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THROSCIDJE.
Throscus sericeus Lee. Pecos (C).
BUPRESTID^.
Gyascutus planicosta Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Deming (W.).
Chalcophora angulicollis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas Hot Springs
(C), Pecos (C).
Psiloptera drummondi var. webbii Lee. Water Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley
(C), Grant Co. (Howard).
Dicerca prolongata Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley, unusually
large (C).
D. sexualis Cr. Gallinas Canon (S,).
Trachykele blondeli Marseul. Sta Fe (Fenyes), cf. Ent. News. 1906, p. 163.
Poecilonota cyanipes Say. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Buprestis consularis Gory. Gallinas Cannon (S.).
B. nuttalli Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Grant Co. (How-
ard), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
B. maculiventris Say. Santa Fe (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Grant Co. (Howard), Beulah (Beyer).
B. maculiventris subornata Lee. Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
B. maculiventris rusticorum Kirby. Beulab (C), Clouderoft (K.), Las
Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B. ).
B. fasciata lang-ii Mann. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulab (C), (Beyer).
B. aurulenta L. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Vegas, from
board of sidewalk (Chas. Ward), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
B. adjecta Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Melanophila mlranda Lee. Grant Co. (Howard), Fort Wingate (Wbeeler
Survey), between Santa Fe and Fort Wingate (Wheeler Survey), San Ildefonso
(Wbeeler Survey), Ft. Union (Maj. Sibley).
M. acuminata DeG. {longipes Say). Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (C),
Las Vegas Hot Springs (B and S.).
M. atropurpurea Say. Near Abiquiu (Wheeler Survey). In Arizona at
Tucson (H. and S.).
M. drummondi Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.y, Beulah
(Beyer), Ponil Canon (Miss Grace Eaton).
M. g-entilis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulab (Beyer).
Anthaxia seneogaster Lap. Gallinas Canon, as A. inornata Baud. (S.),
Pecos (C ), Clouderoft (V.), Beulah, on Rosa (C), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Ruidoso
Creek, 7500 feet, on Rosa (Wooton). Wooton's specimen is reported from Rosa
fendleri, but the so-called R. fendleri of Ruidoso Creek is presumably R. neomexi-
cana.
A. flavimana Gory. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Chrysobothris atabalipa Lap. Mesilla Valley, a variety (C).
C. debilis Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.).
C. femorata Fab. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
C. cuprasens Lee. Santa Fe (C), Coolidge (W.), Pecos (C), Las Vegas Hot
Springs (B. and S), Clouderoft (K.). The type was found near Santa Fe by
Fendler-.
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180 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
C. ig-nicollis Horn. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
C. dentipes Germ. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (C), (Beyer), Pecos (C).
C. ludiflcata Horn. New Mex. (cf. Horn), Beulah (Skinner, C), Pecos (C),
Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
C. trinervia Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
C. carinipennis Lee. Ruidoso (T.), Pecos (C).
C. California Lee. Santa Fe (C), Coolidge (W.).
C. quadrilineata Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe
(Fenyes). The type was found at Santa Fe by Fendler.
C. exesa Lee. Mesilla Valley, on Mesquite (C).
C. texana Lee. Coolidge (W.).
C. seneola Lee. "New Mexico" (S.).
C. convexa n. sp. Alamogordo (V.).
Thrincopyge alacris Lee. San Andreas Mts. (T.).
T. ambiens Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.).
AcmEeodera maculifera Horn. Mesilla Valley (C).
A. falli Kerremans. "New Mexico" (Fall).
A. amplicoUis Lee. Water Canon (S.), Fillmore Canon, Organ Mts. (T.),
Riley's Ranch, Orgau Mts. (C).
A. disjuncta Fall. La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.).
A. amabilis Horn. Walnut Creek (S.), Magdalena Mts. (S.).
A. recticoUis Fall. "New Mexico," Mesilla Park, on Fallngia, not quite typi-
cal (C).
A. miliaris Horn. Walnut Creek (S.). [This is probably incorrectly identi-
fied ; the species is probably sparsus.]
A. sparsa Horn. Organ Mts., back of San Augustine, on Chrysopsis villosa
(W.), Beulah (W. P. C), Ruidoso Creek (T.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.),
Magdalena Mts. (S.).
A. ornata Fab. Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
A. variegata Lee. Albuquerque, a variety (W.), Aztec (Baker).
A. decipiens Lee. "New Mexico."
A. scalaris Mann, (mima, auctt.). Soledad Canon, Organ Mts. (T.), Mesilla
Valley, on Verbesina (C).
A. puilchella Hbst. (incl. mixta Lee.). Pecos (C), Gallinas Canou (S.), Santa
Fe Canon (S.), Soledad Canon, Organ Mts. (T.), Engle (Nora Newberry), Cool-
idge (W.j, Chicorico Canon, near Raton (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (Rishel),
Red Mesa, var. mixta Lee. (Boyle), Aztec (Baker).
A. subbalteata Lee. "New Mexico," identity not certain (cf. Fall.).
A. tubulus Fab. Las Vegas Hot Springs, on flowers of Erigeron (C), also col-
lected there by Schwarz and Barber ; culta, Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (T.).
A. quadrivittata Horn. Mesilla Valley (C), Soledad Canon, Organ Mts.
(C). The latter (on Opuntia, May 22) is near neglecta and quadrivittata, and may
be a new species.
A. gibbula Lee. Colora'o (C).
Chrysophana placida Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.).
Agrilus lateralis Say. "New Mexico."
A. pinalicus Wickham. Parker's Well, Organ Mts. (C).
A. couesii Lee. Santa Fe (C).
A. ■wralsinghami Cr. "New Mexico ; " Santa Fe (Fenyes).
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A. pulchellus Bland. Near Rowe (C).
A. townsendi n. sp. Eio Euidoso (T.).
A. politus Say. Santa Fe (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (C), Pecos (C),
Las Vegas Hot Springs, on willow (B. and S.).
A. interruptus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
A. ventralis Horn. "New Mexico."
A. palmacollis Horn. Wootens (K.), Alamogordo (V.).
A. mercurius Wickham. Deming (W.), Pecos (C).
A. addendus Cr. La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.).
A. lacustris Lee. Pecos (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
A. egrenus Gory. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
A. sp. dub. Wootens (K.).
Taphrocerus gracilis Say (?). Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.), Santa
Rosa (K.).
Bracbys serosa Melsh. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Eoci-
ada(C.).
B. ovata Weber. Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
Pachyscelus purpureas Say. Gallinas Canon (S.).
LAMPYRID^.
Rhyncheros sanguinipennis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (C), Cloud-
croft (K.).
Lycus cruentus Lee. Walnut Creek (S.). In Ariz, at Tucson (H. and S.).
L. fernandezii Duges. Walnut Creek (S.), Las Cruces (C), Organ Mts. (C),
Dripping Spring, Organ Mts., on Lippia lorigldn, Aug., identity not certain (C).
Lycosbomus fulvellus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.),
Magdaleua Mts. (S.).
L. loripes Chevr. Walnut Creek (S.).
Li. n. sp. Alamogordo (V.).
Csenlella amplicornis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.). Cseniella is a new name
for Cxnia Newman, 1838, preoccupied for a genus of Diptera (Desv., 1830).
Eros aurora Hbst. Walnut Creek (S.), above Barker's Lake, Las Vegas
Range (W. P. C), Beulah (C).
Plateros modestus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.).
P. canaliculatus Say. Gallinas Canon, a variety (S.).
P. sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
P. sp. nov. Beulah {(.).).
Lygistopterus rubripennis Lee. Ruidoso Creek (T.), Gallinas Canon (S.).
Lycaina discoidalis Horn. Alamogordo (V.). In Arizona at Tucson (H.
and S.).
Calochromus perfaceta Say. Beulah (Skinner).
C. ruflcollis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (C),
Eagle Creek (T.).
Ellychnia flavicollis Lee. "New Mexico" (S.), San Ignacio (C), Pecos (C),
Rio Ruidoso (T.).
E. californica Mots. Cloudcroft (K.).
E. corrusca L. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (C),
West Fork of Rio de las Casas (Sturgis).
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182 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Pyropyga fenestralis Melsh. Lone Mt., near Silver City (C), Las Vegas
(Gilbert Eosenwald), Pecos (C), Albuquerque (W.).
P. decipiens Harr. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Water Canou (S.)-
P. Diinuta Lee. Roswell, identity not certain (C).
Pyractomena angulata Say. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Microphotus ang-ustus Lee. Pecos, larva and imago (C).
Mastinocerus texantis Lee. Mesilla (C), Cioudcroft (V.).
Chauliog-nathus discus Lee. La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.).
C. limbicollis Lee. Above Mescalero (Wooton), Euidoso Creek (T.), Filmore
Canon (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (Fenyes).
C. basalis Lee. Grant Co. (Howard), Eaton (C), Pecos (C), Tierra Amarilla
(Wheeler Surv.).
C. scutellaris Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Mesilla Valley (C), Eoswell (C), Dripping Spring, Organ Mts. (Martin D.
Cockerell).
C. le"wisii Cr. Water Canon (S.).
Podabrus piniphilus Esch. Gallinas Canon (S.).
P. lateralis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (W. P. C), top of Las Vegas
Range (C), Taos Peak, 13,000 ft. (cf. Leconte).
P. mexicanus Gorh. var. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Cioudcroft (V.).
Silis difflcilis Lee. Beulah (C).
Telephorus rectus Melsh. Gallinas Canon (S.).
T. flavipes Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos (C.)., var.
T. ruflcollis Lee. Beulah (C), Cioudcroft (K.), Wootens (K.), Highrolls (V.).
T. tuberculatus Le<% Gallinas Canon (S.).
T. insipidus n. sp. Wootens (K.), Cioudcroft (K.).
T. sp. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Polemius platyderus G. and H. Mesilla Valley (C), Pecos (C).
P. reg-ularis n.sp. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Albuquerque (W.), Santa Eosa (K.).
Lobetus abdominalis Lee. Dimmit's Lake, Pecos Valley (C),
Malthodes sp. Pecos (C).
MALACHID.^.
Collops punctatus Lee. Water Canon (S.), Pecos, identity not certain (C.j.
C. eximius Er. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pinos Altos (C).
C reflexus Lee. "Northern New Mexico" (cf. Leconte).
C. hirtellus Lee. Coolidge (W.), Taos Peak, 13,000 ft. (cf. Leconte).
C. bipunctatus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Cioudcroft (K.), Lone Mountain (C), Eio Euidoso (T.), Beulah (C). High-
rolls (V.).
C. quadrimaculatus Fabr. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe Canon, a variety
(S.), Coolidge (W.), Colora'o (C), Pescao (Wheeler Surv.).
. C. limbellus G. and H. Mesilla Park (C), Eoswell (C).
C. vittatus Say. Albuquerque (W.). Mesilla, on Solanum (C), Highrolls (V.),
Las Vegas (C).
Trophimus seneipennis Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos (C), Alamogordo
(V.), Highrolls (V.).
Malachius montanus Lee. Pecos (Grabham). "
Antbocomus ventralis Horn. Gallup (W.).
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A. erichsoni var. Alamogordo (V.).
Pseudebseus sp. Sacramento Mts. (K.). Schwarz reports a new species of
this genus from Tucson, Arizona (H. and S.).
Attalus basalis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
A. morulus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Pecos, identity not certain (C),
Cloudcroft (C).
A. ruflventris Horn. "New Mexico" (cf. Townsend).
A. diflBcilis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
A. lobulatus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Mesilla Park, identity doubtful (C),
Gallup (W.).
A. cselestinus Gorh. Gallup (W.), Coolidge (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
A. sp. Pecos (C).
A. sp. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
A. sp. Santa Rosa (K.).
Trichochrous sparsus Csy. Near Rowe (C), Pecos (C), Soledad Canon (C).
T. vittig'er Csy. Alamogordo (V.), Cloudcroft (V.), HighroUs (V.).
T. suturalis Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.). [Probably an erroneous identification
for vittiger.]
T. ruflpennis Lee. Water Canon (S.).
T. mixtus n. sp. Alamogordo (V.).
T. hirtellus Lee. Alamogordo (V.).
T. bicoloripes n. sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
T. comatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulab (C),
Mesilla Park (C).
T. incultiis n. sp. Alamogordo (V.), Mesilla Park (C).
T. texanus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C). [Somewhat doubtful.]
T. sophise n. sp. Soledad Canon, Organ Mts. (C), Las Cruces (C), Sacra-
mento Mts. (K.).
T. placatus n. sp. Organ Mts. (C).
T. similis n. sp. La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.).
T. (Cradytes) serricollis Lee. "New Mexico and Colorado."
T. (Cradytes) prosternalis n. sp. Mescalero, on Chrysothamnus graveolens
glahratiis (C).
Listrus senilis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley, on Solidago (C),
Pecos (C), Wootens (K.), Cloudcroft (K.).
Dasytellus subovalis Casey. Alamogordo (V.), HighroUs (V.).
Leptorectura adspersa Casey. Alamogordo (V.).
AUonyx sculptilis Lee. Coolidge (W.).
Dasytes hudsonicus Lee. Magdalena Mts. (S ), Ponil Canon (Miss Grace
Eaton ) .
Mecomycter facetus Csy. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Thornton (Fenyes).
CLBRID^.
Cymatodera longicornis Lee. Santa Fe (C), Pecos (C).
C. puncticollis Bland. Walnut Creek (S.), Cloudcroft, identity doubtful (V.).
C. latefascia Schaeflfer. La Trementina (Alice Blake).
C. cylindricollis Chevr. Walnut Creek (S.), Mesilla (C), Roswell (C).
C. belfragei Horn. Chaves (T.), Deming (Schwarz), also at Tucson, Arizona
(H. and S.).
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184 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
C. morosa Lee. Mesilla, det. Ashmead (C), Silver City, iden. not certain (C).
C. fuchsii Schaeffer. Tularosa, at light (T.).
Tarsostenus unlvittatus Kossi. Mesilla (C).
Aulicus nero Spin. Water Canon (S.).
Trichodes ornatus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Monument Rock, Santa Fe
Canon (Boyle), Beulah (C), Grant Co. (Howard).
T. ornatus v. tenellu's Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (C).
T. apivorus Germ. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
T. simulator Horn. Albuquerque (W.). Santa Fe (C), Embudo (C), Pecos
(C). Usually on Cleome.
T. simulator v. flavescens Ckll., Bull. 28, N. M. Exp. Sta., p. 155. Santa Fe,
on Achillea (C).
Clerus spinolse Lee. Walnut Creek (S.), Sacramento Mts., on Yucca (K.).
C. analis Lee. Water Canon (S.).
C. abruptus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Gallup (W.), Las Vegas, July 21,
identity doubtful (C), Las Truchas, either this or very closely allied (C. Ger-
hardt). [Some or all of these are likely to be the form which I have called
corallinus. Whether this is really a var. of abruptus or a distinct species as I have
assumed is not certain.]
C. corallinus n. sp. Mesilla Park, on Bigelovia (C). Las Vegas, on Cleome
(C), Fillmore Canon, Organ Mts. (T.), Thornton (Fenyes), Santa Fe (Feuyes).
C. cordlfer Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. nigriventris Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Gallup (W.), Ruidoso Creek (T.),
Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulah (Skinner).
C. sphegeus Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Coolidge (W.).
C. moestus Klug. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
C. atriventris Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. undulatus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Thanasimus undulatus. Beulah (Skinner), Ponil Canon (Miss Grace Eaton).
Hydnocera unifasciata Say (?) Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
H. subfasciata Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.), Santa Fe (Fenyes),
Cloudcroft (V.).
H. subsenea Spin. Gallinas Canon (S.).
H. pubescens Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner).
H. discoidea Lee. Walnut Creek (S.), Mesilla (C), Silver City (ef. Towns-
end, Tr. Texas Acad., 1903).
H. cribripennis Fall. Alamogordo (V.).
H. cyanitincta Fall. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
H. sobrina Fall. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.), Cloudcroft (K.J, near
Wootens (K.).
Lebasiella discoidea Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Necrobia ruflpes Fab. Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Albuquerque
(W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Beulah (Skinner).
N. violacea L. Gallinas Canon (S.j.
PTINID^.
Niptus ventriculus Lee. Santa Fe (Fendler). This is the type locality.
Ptinus brunneus Duft. Albuquerque (C).
P. sp. near interruptus. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
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Ozognathus floridanus I^ec. Highrolls (V.)-
Coelostetbus alternatus Fall. West Fork of Eio de las Casas (Sturgis).
Wootens (K.), Cloudcroft (K.).
Trypopitys sericeus Say. Walnut Creek (S.). [Probably an incorrect
idetitification of T. punctatus.]
T. punctatus Lee. Silver City (C), Las Vegas (C), Santa Fe (type).
Petalium bistriatum. Mesilla (C). [Identification needs verifying.]
Crttorama conophilum Fall. Las Vegas, in cones oi Pinas edulis (B. and S.).
C. nigripenne Fall. Deming fHubbard and Scbwarz).
C. validum Fall. Alainogordo (V.).
C. tumidum Fall. " New Mexico," Nat. Mas. coll.
C. longulum Fall. Las Vegas (B. and S.).
C. uniforme Fall. Las Criices, March 4, in pith of dead sunflower stem (C).
C. consobrinum Fall. "New Mexico," Nat. Mus. coll., Santa Fe (Fenyes).
[The latter not typical.]
[C. gravis and C. obsoletus (Hemiptychus) have been previously recorded
from Mesilla Valley by Prof. Cockerell, but both identifications are undoubtedly
erroneous.]
Csenocara neomexicana Fall. Las Vegas (Hubbard and Schwarz).
Ptilinus lobatus Casey. Las Vegas Eange, 9600 feet (C), Walnut Creek (S.).
[The latter identified as ruficornis, but doubtless in error.]
BOSTRYCHID^.
Sinoxylon texanum Horn. "New Mexico" (cf. Tpwnsend, Tr. Texas Acad.
1903).
S. quadrispinosum Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Tularosa, in wood supposed to
be mesquite (C).
Ampbicerus bicaudatus Say. Near Eoswell, doubtless introduced.
Dinoderus porcatus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Gallup (W.).
D. substriatus Payk. Beulah (Skinner).
D. asperulus Casey, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 1898, p. 74. Fort Wingate (cf.
Casev).
CIID^.
Cis n. sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Orthocis punctata Mellie. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
SPHINDID^.
Spbindus americanus Lee. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
LUCANID^.
Lucanus mazama Lee. " New Mexico" (Ulke), Gallinas Canon (S.), Water
Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Pecos (C), between Santa Fe and Fort Wingate
(Wheeler Survey). Grant Co. (Howard), Las Vegas (C). San Ildefonso (Wheeler
Survey), Las Vegas Hot Springs 'S. and B. ).
Platycerus depressus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulah (C. ).
SCARAB^ID.^.
Canthon ebenus Say. Albuquerque (W.), Rincon (C), Fort Wingate
(Wheeler Survey), Tierra Amarilla (Wheeler Survey).
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186 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
C. praticola Lee. Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Vegas (M.
('Hvanaugli), "Kansas and New Mexico" (LeConte, 1859).
C. puncticoUis Lee. Deniing (C), Eincon (C), Mesilla Park (C), Alamo-
gordo (K.).
C. lecontei Harold. Deming; (C).
C. Isevis Drury. Gallinas Canon (S.), San Augustine (C).
Copris moechus Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
Phanaeus quadridens Say. Walnut Creek (S.), Grant Co. (Howard), Las
Vegas Hot Springs (S.).
P. difformis Lee. Grant Co. (Howard).
P. carnifex L. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.),
Santa Fe (C), Fort Wingate (Wheeler Survey).
Onthophagus coproides Horn. Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Rio Ruidoso (T.), San Ignacio (C), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Pecos (C), Las Vegas
Hot Springs (S.).
O. hecate Panz. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon
(S.), Rio Ruidoso (T.), Pecos Canon. 7200-7500 ft. (C), Alamogordo (K.), Fresnal
Canon (K.).
O. janus var. aff. striatnlus. La trementina (Alice Blake).
^gialia blanchardi Horn. Peeos (C).
Psammodius quinqueplicatus Horn. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley
■C), Colora'o (C).
Rhyssemus cselatus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
R. californicus Horn. Santa Rosa (K.).
Atsenius desertus Horn. Colora'o (C), Deming (Sehwarz). In Arizona at
Tucson (H. and S.).
A. abditus Hald. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
A. inops Horn. Mesilla Valley (C). In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
A. Iseviventris Horn. Mesilla Valley (T.).
A. gracilis Mels. Albuquerque (W.), Thornton (Fenyes). Also Tucson,
Arizona (H. and S.).
A. flgurator Har. Water Canon (S.).
A. robustus Horn. Mesilla (C).
A. strigatus Say. Mesilla Valley (C).
A. cognatus Lee. Mesilla (C), Colora'o (C), Roswell (C).
A. haroldi Steinh. Deming (Sehwarz). In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
Aphodius hamatus Say. "New Mexico;"' Santa Fe (Fenyes), Santa Fe
Canon (hyperboreits) (S.).
A. denticulatus Hald. "New Mexico."
A. crassulus Horn. Santa Fe Canon (S.). [Quite surely an erroneous iden-
tification for the following species.]
A. crassuloides n. sp. Common at Clouderoft and Wootens (K.).
A. aleutus Esch. Truehas Peak, above timber line (W. P. C), Beulah (C),
nrsiniis Mots., Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
A. foetidus Fab. " New Mexico."
A. duplex Lee. Water Canon (S.).
A. ruricola Melsh. Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
A. anthracinus Lee. Top of Las Vegas Range, 11,000 ft. (C), Beulah (Grab-
ham), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
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A. granarius L. Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Las
Vegas (C), Pecos (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.), Alamogordo (V.).
A. vittatus Say. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.). Coolidge (W.),
Sacramento Mts. (K.), Piacita (C), Pines Altos (C), Rio de las Casas (Sturgis),
Thorton (Fenyes).
A. lividus Oliv. Albuquerque (W), Thornton (Fenyes), common at Santa
Rosa and occasional at Alamogordo and Wootens (K).
A. rudis Lee. Pecos, captured by ^siZws o»ifir(«s/j/rows Will (C). Both the tiy
and beetle were determined by Coquillet.
A. umbricollis n. sp. Albuquerque (W.).
A. concavus Say. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), SilverCity (C),
Pecos (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
A. consentaneus Lee. Walnut Creek, a variety (S.), Albuquerque (W.),
Pinos Altos (C), Silver City (C), Coolidge (W.).
A. luteolus Horn. Pinos Altos (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
A. coloradensis Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Coolidge
(W.), Gallup (W.), Pecos (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
A. pumilus Horn. Aztec (Hayward), Santa Fe (Fenyes), "Common at Ala-
mogordo. Described from a single specimen taken near Las Cruces, N. M., over
20 years ago by Clias. Dury " (K.).
A. plutonicus n. sp. South Fork, Eagle Creek, White Mts., about 8100 feet
(Townsend).
A. cruentatus Lee. John's Canon (C), Beulah (Skinner), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
A. scabriceps Lee. Pecos (Grabham).
A. subtruncatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
A. n. sp. {fide Horn and Wickham). Mesilla Valley (C). [I have not seen
this.]
OchodEeus pectoralis Lee. Near Canon Blanco (cf. LeConte).
O. g-natho n. sp. Mesilla (C).
O. simplex Lee. Santa Fe (C), Ruidoso Creek (T.) ; complex, near Canon
Blanco (LeConte).
O. ulkei Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.).
O. biarmatus Lee. Near Canon Blanco (LeConte), Albuquerque (W.), Deni-
ing (Schwarz), Pecos (C), Roswell (C), Arrogo, near La Luz (T.).
O. prsesidii Bates. Albuquerque (S.).
O. mandibularis Linell. Las Cruces (cf. Linell), Deming (Schwarz), Albu-
querque (S.).
O. nimius n. sp. Mesilla (C).
O. striatus Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
• O. sparsus Lee. Near Canon Blanco (LeConte), Mesilla, identity doubtful
(C), Thornton (Fenyes).
Bolboceras lazarus Fab. Gallinas Canon (S.). Water Canon (S.), Mesilla
Valley (C), Embudo (C), Santa Fe (Wheeler Survey).
Bolbocerosoma farctum Fab. Water Canon (S.).
Trox scutellaris Say. Water Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), "from Platte
River to Santa Fe (LeConte, 1859).
T. suberosus Fabr. Water Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), La Trementina
(Alice Blake), Santa Rosa (K.).
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188 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
T. punctatus Germ. Water Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley
(('.), Lone Mt., near Silver City (C).
T. tuberculatus DeG. Las Vegas Hot Springs (C), Pecos (C).
T. sonorse Lee. Gallina.s Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Lone Mt, near Silver
<"ity (C), Cloudcroft (K.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
T. atrox Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Pecos (C).
T. alternans Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Glaresis inducta Horn. Deniing (Scliwarz).
Hoplla laticollis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos Canon, 7200-7500 ft. (C).
Dichelonycha bacHii Kirby. Pecos Canon, 7200-7200 ft. (C),
D. testaceipennis n. sp. " Occurs on scrub oak, young pines, wild roses and
willow from Cloudcroft down to Wootens, 7000 ft. (K.).
D. pusilla Lee. Coolidge (W.). [Probably an incorrect identification of the
following species.]
D. sulcata Lee. Pecos (C).
Serica vespertina Gyll. Gallinas Canon (S.), Trout Spring, identity not
certain (C).
S. serotina Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
S. curvata Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Walnut Creek (S.), Pescao (Wheeler Surv.).
S. elong-atula Horn. Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
S. mixta Lee. (?) Rio Ruidoso (T.).
S. n. sp. '? afl". elongatula. Dripping Spring, Organ Mts. (C).
Macrodactylus uniformis Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.),
Mesilla Valley (T.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Rio Ruidoso (T.), Rociada (C), Lone
Mtn. (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
•■■Diplotaxis puberula Lee. Silver City (C).
D. brevicollis Lee. San Geroninio (W. P. Cockerell and M. Cooper), Gallinas
Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Pecos (C). San
Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.), Cloudcroft (K.), Pescao (Wheeler Surv.), Apache
Spring (T.), Eagle Creek (T.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (C), (S. and B.), Magda-
lena Mts. (S.).
D. obscura Lee. Water Canon (S.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.), Pecos
(C), Socorro Co. (S.).
D. truncatula Lee. Rincon, identity doubtful (of. Townsend).
D. carbornata Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C),
Mesilla Valley (C), Colora'o (C).
D. atratula Lee. Mesilla (C). In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.)
D. punctata Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Roswell (C).
D. subangulata Lee. Deming (Schwarz), Albuquerque (S.). This is proba-
bly not the true subangulata.
D. pacata Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla (C), Rincon (C), Colora'o (C).
D. haydenii Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Rio de las Casas (Sturgis), near Las
Vegas Hot Springs (S.).
D. innoxia Lee. Las Vegas (Martin Cockerell), Las Vegas Hot Springs, iden-
ity doubtful (B. and S.).
D. n. sp. La Trementina (Alice Blake), Magdalena Mts. (S.).
D. n. sp. La Trementina (Alice Blake).
*The genus Diplotaxis is greatly in need of revision ; it is probable that some
of the older records here given are based on erroneous identification.
FALL AND OOCKERELL. 189
D. n. sp. Dripping Spring, Organ Mts. (C).
D n. sp. Pecos (C).
D. u. sp. Pecos (C).
Lachnosterna lanceolota Say. Santa Fe (C), Las Vegas (C), Gallinas
Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.).
L. torta Lee. "New Mexico" (Ulke coll.).
L. afiBnis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
L. long-itarsus Say. Albuquerque (W.).
L. micans Knoch. Gallinas Canon (S.).
L. fusca Froh. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C).
L. dubia Smith. Albuquerque (W.).
L. hirsuta Knoch. Gallinas Canon (S.).
L. vetula Horn. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S. ).
L. ignava Horn. '"New Mexico" (S ).
L. crinita Burm. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla (C).
L. tristis Fab. Las Vegas (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs, identity doubtful (C),
Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
L. lenis Horn. Albuquerque (W.).
Phytalus debilis Horn. Walnut Creek (S.).
Listrochelus disparilis Horn. ''New Mexico" (Horn), Continental Divide,
Tenaja (T.), Cloudcroft (K.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
L. scoparius Lee. Continental Divide, Tenaja (T.). In Arizona at Tucson
(H. and S.).
L. mucoreus Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn); texanus, Pescoa (Wheeler
Survey).
L. opaciCoUis Horn. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn).
L. sociatus Horn ? Alamogordo (V.).
L. falsus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
L. flmbripes Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn).
Polyphylla hammondi Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla (C), Colora'o (C. ).
P. decemlineata Say. Santa Fe (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Rio Euidoso (T.),
Pescao (Wheeler Surv.), La Trementina (Alice Blake), Pecos (C).
P. diflfracta Casey. " New Mexico." ,
Thyce squamicollis Lee. Albuquerque (W.). The type was a female from
Albuquerque, collected by Dr. T. C. Henry.
Anomala binotata Gyll. Soledad Canon, Organ Mts. (T.).
A. undulata Melsh. "New Mexico."
A. lurida Fabr. "New Mexico."
A. cavifrons Lee. Mesilla (C), Thornton (Fenyes).
A. carinifrons Bates. Deming (Schwarz).
A. antennata Schaeflfer. "New Mexico."
Strigoderma arboricola Fabr. Walnut Creek (S.).
Pelidnota lugubris Lee. Deming (Schwarz). In Arizona at Tucson (H.
and S.).
Plusiotis g-loriosa Lee. Water Canon (S.), Walnut Creek (S.), Grant Co.
(Howard).
P. lecontei Horn. Walnut Creek (S.).
Cyclocephala immaculata Oliv. Water Canon (S.) Albuquerque (W.),
Mesilla Valley (C), Mesilla (C), Deming (Schwarz), Alamogordo (K.).
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190 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
C. villosa Burin. La Tiementina (Alice Blake).
C. dimidiata Burin. lu flowers of Datura meteloides. Mesilla (C), Selden
(C), Alamogordo (K.).
Ancog-natha manca Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
Ligyrus g-ibbosus DeG. Albuquerque (W.), Water Canon (S.), Mesilla
Valley (C). Deming (Scbwarz). Colora'o (C), Santa Fe (Wheeler Survey), Ala-
mogordo (K.).
L. rug-inasus Lee. Grant Co. (Howard).
Aphonus pyriformis Lee. Santa Fe (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos (C),
Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
A. tridentatus Say. "New Mexico."
Cheiroplatys clunalis Lee. Las Vegas (Gilbert Eosenwald), Sacramento
Mts. (K.), Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Walnut Creek (S.), Cloud-
croft (K.).
C. verticalis Fall. Las Vegas (Mrs. Joshua Eaynolds).
Aphonides dunnianus Rivers. Mesilla Valley (C).
Xyloryctes satyrus Fabr. Walnut Creek, a variety (S.), Grant Co. (How-
ard), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
Strategus julianus Burm. Grant Co. (Howard). In Arizona at Tucson
(H. and S.)
S. cessus Lee. Water Canon (S.), Walnut Creek (S.), La Trementina (Alice
Blake), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
Dynastes tityua L. Grant Co. (Howard). Ojo Caliente, Grafton (cf. Chit-
tenden).
D. grantii Horn. Grant Co. (Howard), Cloudcroft (K.), Colora'o (Jacoby),
Silver City (S.).
Phileurus valgus Fabr. "New Mexico" (cf. LeCoute, 1859; also Town-
send). LeConte says that Brazilian specimens do not differ).
AUorhina mutabilis Gory. Mesilla Valley (C), Socorro (Eaton), Grant Co.
(Howard), Wootens (K.), Water Canon, as 7iitida (S.).
Gymnetis cretacea Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Snow).
Euphoria verticalis Horn. La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.).
B. kernii Hald. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (C),
Las Truchas (Clara Gerhardt), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
E. melancholica Gory. "New Mexico" (cf' Townsend).
E. fulgida Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.), near San Ignacio (S ).
E. inda L. Santa Rosa (K.), Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas
Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Organ Mts. (C), Las Truchas (Clara Gerhardt),
Santa Fe Canon (S.). Grant Co. (Howard), Las Vegas (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs
(S. and B.), Alamogordo (V.).
Cremastochilus crinitis Lee. Coolidge (W.), Grant Co. (Howard).
C. knochii Lee. Sta. Fe (C), Las Vegas (C), Sta. Fe Canon (S.), Pecos (C).
C. castanese lecontei Westwood. Placita, in nest of Formica (C).
Trichius texanus Horn. Rio Ruidoso, on Cardnus, 6400 ft. (Wooton), Cloud-
croft (v.), Wootens, on thistles (K.).
T. afflnis Gory. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (C).
SPONDYLID^.
Parandra brunnea Fabr. Tierra Amarilla (Wheeler Surv.).
Spondylis upiformis Mann. Walnut Creek (S.).
FALL AND COCKERELL. 191
CERAMBYCID^.
Erg-ates spiculatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas Hot Springs
(Meeske), Pecos (E. L. Hewett), Cloudcioft (K.), Las Vegas (Gilbert Eosenwald).
Ttie Las Vegas specimen is of the form called marmoratus Ckll. Casey has
applied the name neomericanus to certain New Mexico specimens.
Derobrachus g-eminatus Lee. Water Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (T.),
Albuquerque (Henry). The last is the type locality.
Prionus pocularis Dalni. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe (C).
P. californicus Mots. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley
(T.), Grant Co. (Howard). Las Vegas Hot Springs (Schwarz and Barber). The
variety cnrvafus Lee. was described from near Santa Fe.
P. flssicornis Hald. ''New Mexico" (cf. LeConte, 1859).
P. palpalis Say. Coolidge (W.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Homsesthesis integ'er Lee. Cloudcroft (K.).
H. emarg-inatus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (C),
•■ New Mexico " (LeConte, 1859).
Trag-osoma harrisii Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Eagle Creek (T.), Sacra-
mento Mts. (K.).
T. spiculum Casey (^= harrisii, according to Horn), '■ New Mexico" (Casey).
T. sodalis Casey. Cloudcroft (K.).
T. parvicoUis Casey. Cloudcroft (K.).
Asemum atrum Esch. Pecos (C), Ponil Canon, 9650 ft. (Miss Grace Eaton).
A. mcBstum Hald. Sacramento Mts. (K).
Nothorhina aspera Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Criocephalus productus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Coolidge (W.).
C. agrestis Kirby. Between Santa Fe and Ft. Wingate (Wheeler Survey),
Pescao (Wheeler Surv.).
C. asperatus Lee. Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.). Cloudcroft (K.), Cool-
idge (W.), Gallup (W.), Las Vegas (C). Described from "Kansas and New
Mexico."
C. obsoletus Rand. Coolidge (W.), Gallup (W.).
C. nubilus Lee. Las Vegas Hot Springs (Schwarz and Barber).
Tetropium velutinum Lee. Gallinas Canon (S ).
T. cinnamopterum Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner).
Phymatodes dimidiatus Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Callidium antennatum Newm. Walnut Creek (S.).
C. janthinum Lee. Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (C), La Trementina (Alice
Blake).
C. hirtellum Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. vile Lee. Coolidge (W.).
Eburia baldemani Lee. Mesilla, in the Casad orchard, under band on apple
tree; det. Gahan (C).
Bomaleum simplicicoUe Hald. Grant Co. (Howard).
B. simplicicoUe v. proce.rum Lee. Las Vegas (Gilbert Eosenwald).
Elaphidion moestum Lee. Mesilla (C).
Rhopalophora Isevicollis Lee. Rio Ruidoso (T.), Mt. Park, six miles below
Cloudcroft (K.). •
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192 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
R long-ipes Say. Galliuas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Rio Ruidoso, on
Rhus, 6600 ft. (Wooton).
R. meeskei Casey. Rociada (C), Beulali (C), Pecos (C), Las Vegas Hot
Springs (S. and B.).
Elytroleptus rviflpennis Lee. "New Mexico."
Dendrobias quadrimaculatus Diip. Deniing (S.), Mesilla Valley (C).
Stenaspis verticalis Serv. Mesilla Valley (T.).
S. solitaria Say. Deming (S.), Mesilla Valley (C). First found in New
Mexico by Dr. Wislizenus.
Tragidion annulatum Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Grant Co. (Howard), Mt.
Park, on thistles (K.).
T. coquus L. Rociada (C).
T. coquus V. ftilvipenne Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa
Fe Canon (S.), Dripping Spring, Organ Mts. (C).
T. armatum Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.).
^thecerus latecinctus Horn. Mesilla Valley (T.).
Amannus vittiger Lee. " New Mexico."
Batyle ignicollis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Pecos (C).
B. suturalis Say. Gallinas Canon, as pearsaUi Bland (S.), Santa Fe (C),
Mesilla Valley (T.), Beulah (Skinner), Chicorico Canon, near Raton (C), Mesilla
Park (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.). This species has a vertical range
of over 4000 ft.
Schizax senex Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.).
Tylosis maculata Lee. Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.), Socorro (S.), Las
Crnces (C), Organ Mt. (T.), Sabinal (T.), Grant Co. (Howard). The vertical
range is 3200 ft., but it is rare at the higher levels. It was first found in New
Mexico by Dr. Wislizenus.
Crossidius intermedius Ulke. Socorro (S.), Mesilla Valley (T.).
C. pulchellus Lee. La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.), Organ (C), Mesilla Valley
(C), Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C),
Mescalero (C). Vertical range about 3000 ft.
C. humeralis Lee. Roswell (C).
C. discoideus Say. Socorro (S.).
C. longipennis Casey. Albuquerque (W.).
SphEenothecus suturalis Lee. Deming (S.), Mesilla Valley (C).
Stenosphenus lepidus Horn. Mesilla, on Sphxralcea fendleri var. lohata,
July 23 (C).
Cyllene pictus Drury. "New Mexico."
C. decorus Oliv. Albuquerque, a variety (W.).
C. decorus var. inf austus hec. Water Canon (S.). "
Calloides nobilis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Xylotrechus sag-ittatus Germ. "New Mexico" (Wheeler Surv.), Gallinas
Canon (S.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
X. undulatus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Beulab (C).
X. obliteratus Lee. Ponil Canon, 9650 ft. (Miss Grace Eaton).
Neoclytus irroratus Lee. Grant Co. (Howard).
N. muricatulus Kirby. Santa Fe (C), Beulah (Beyer).
N. erythrocephalus Fabr. Mesilla Valley (C).
N. approximatus Lee. Alamogordo, a variety (V.).
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Rhagium lineatum Oliv. Gallinas Cauon (S.), Grant Co. (Howard), San
Geronimo, under bark of pine (W. P. Cockerel! and Mary Cooper), Ponil Canon
(Miss Grace Eaton).
Toxotus vestitus Hald. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
T. trivittatus Say var. On scrub oak, Cloudcroft (K.).
Pachyta liturata Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.), Grant Co. (Howard), Beulah
(Skinner), top of Las Vegas Range (C), Tierra Amarilla (Wheeler Surv.), Ponil
Canon (Miss Grace Eaton).
Acmaeops longicornis Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.).
A. proteus Kirby. Beulah (C), Cloudcroft, a variety (K.).
A. pratensis Laich. Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), top of Las Vegas
Eange (C), Beulah (C), Carriage House, Gallinas Canon (Miss F. Beschle).
Strang-alia sexnotata Hald. Gallinas Canon (S.), Rio Ruidoso (T.).
S. montana Casey. "New Mexico."
Typocerus zebratus Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.).
T. velutinus Oliv. Gallinas Canon (S.).
T. brunnicornis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
T. sinuatus Newm. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas, identity doubtful (C. ).
Leptura propinqua Bland. Top of Las Vegas Range (C), Beulah (W. P.
C. ), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
L. subarg-entata Kirby. Ponil Canon, 9650 ft. (Miss Grace Eaton).
L. nigrella Say. Gallinas Canon, a variety (S.).
L. carbonata Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
L. canadensis Fabr. Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.),
Cloudcroft, a variety (K.).
L. canadensis v. cribripennis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (W. P. C),
Rio Ruidoso, on Rhus (T.), Tierra Amarilla (Wheeler Survey).
L. sanguinea Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (C).
L. chrysocoma Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Santa Fe (C),
Beulah (C), Pecos (C), Las Vegas Hot Spi'ings (S. and B.).
L. nig-rolineata Bland. Gallinas Canon (S.), top of Las Vegas Eange (C).
L. cockerelli n. sp. Beulah (C).
Li. mutabilis Newm. Gallinas Canon (S.).
L. aspera Lee. Grant Co. (Howard), top of Las Vegas Range (C).
Monilema annulatum Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos (C).
M. appressum Lee. Santa Fe (Fenyes). Dr. Wislizenus discovered it in
New Mexico.
M. lasvig-atum Bland. Socorro (S.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
M. crassxim Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Canon four miles above Pecos (C).
Psenocerus tristis Casey. "New Mexico." This is doubtful, both as to
locality and validity.
Monohamnaus titillator Fabr. Coolidge (W.).
M. maculosus Hald. Santa Fe (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C.)
Beulah (Skinner), La Trementina (Alice Blake), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Rio Rui-
doso (T.), between Santa Fe and Ft. Wingate (Wheeler Surv.), Tierra Amarilla
(Wheeler Surv.), Beulah (Beyer).
M. scutellatus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Tierra Amarilla (Wheeler Surv.),
Ponil Canon, 9650 ft. (Miss Grace Eaton).
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194 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Leptostylus biustus Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
L. pini Schaef. Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
Dectes spinosus Say. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Water
Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (C), Deming (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
Hyperplatys maculatus Hald. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Lepturgoides pini Scbaef. Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
Acanthocinus obliquus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Coolidge (W.), Beulah (Skinner), Eio Euidoso (T.), Eowe (A. F. Benedict), Las
Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.), Ponil Canon (Miss Graee Eaton).
A. spectabilis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Vegas
(C), Beulah (Skinner). Described as JiJdilis spectabilis from Fort Union (Sibley).
Pogonocherus mixtus Hald. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Sacramento Mts. (K.), Sierra Blanca, 10,000 ft. (E. O. Wooton).
Oncideres putator Tliom. Arroyo, near La Luz (T.).
Ataxia crypta Say. "New Slexico" (cf. Townsend). In Arizona at Tuc-
son (H. and S.).
Mecas pergrata Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Pecos (C).
M. n. sp. ? Las Vegas Hot Springs (C).
Tetraopes rubrocinereus Thoms. {discoidens Lee.). Gallinas Canon (S.),
Santa Fe (C. ), Lone Mtn. (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
T. femoratus Lee. Santa Fe (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Grant Co. (Howard),
Wooteus (K.). Las Vegas (C), Eagle Creek (T.), Eio Euidoso (T.), Thornton
(Fenyes), Las Vegas Hot Springs (S. and B.).
T. femoratus v. husalis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos (C).
T. canescens Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.), Socorro (S.),
Mesilla (C).
CHRYSOMELID.^.
Aulacoscelis purpurea Horn. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Orsodachna atra Ahr. Walnut Creek (S.), top of Las Vegas Eange (C),
Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulah (Dr. M. Grabham), Beulah, a variety (C), Cloud-
croft (V.).
O. atra v. childreni Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Zeugopbora abnormis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (C), Cloud-
croft (V.).
Z. consang-uinea Croth. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Z. scutellaris Suffr. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Syneta carinata Mann. Top of Las Vegas Eange (C).
Lema concolor Lee. Las Vegas (S.), Eagle Creek (T.).
L. trilineata Oliv. Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla Park, on Datura (C), Santa
Fe, on Datura (C), Alamogordo (V.). Tiie variation called frivirgata Lee. is
included ; it was described from Santa Fe (Fendler).
Li. nigrovittata Guer. Albuquerque (W.), West Fork of Eio de las Casas
(Sturgis), Euidoso Creek, a var. ? (T.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Anomcea militarls Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Euryscopa lecontei Crotch. Deming (C), Las Cruces (C), Sacramento
Mts. (K.), Alamogordo (V.).
E. vittata Lee. Engle (Miss Nora Newberry.)
Coscinoptera axillaris Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.), La Cueva, Organ Mts.
(T.), Pecos, on flowers of Clematis Ugusticifolia (C), Cloudcroft (V.), Highrolls (V.).
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C. dominicana Fabr. Mesilla Valley (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (W. P. C.)-
C. vitiigera Lee. The "Gap" between San Ignacio and Las Vegas, in nest of
Formica (C), Beulah (C), Cloudcroft (V.).
Meg-alostomis pyropyg-a Lac. "New Mexico" (cf. Ulke).
Babia quadrig-uttata, Oliv. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos Canon, 7200-7500 ft.
(C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
B. quadrig-uttata v. tetraspilota Lee. Walnut Creek (S.), Beulah (Skinner).
Saxinis sonorensis Jaeoby ? Alamogordo (V.).
Urodera crucifera Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos {(.).), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Chlamys plicata Fabr. Mesilla Valley, on Larrea (C), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
C. sp. Alamogordo (V.).
Exema conspersa Mann. Alamogordo (V.), Highrolls (V.).
Cryptocephalus quadrimaculatus Say. Beulah (C), Rio Ruidoso (T.),
Sacramento Mts. (K.), Pecos (C), Cloudcroft (V.).
C. quadruplex Newn. Beulah (Skinner).
C. quadruplex v. quadriguttidas Suffr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts.,
det. Leng (K.).
C. atrofasciatus Jac. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.), Cloudcroft (K.),
beaten from pine by Knaus.
C. amatus Hald. Walnut Creek (S.).
C. confluens Say. Santa Fe (Fenyes), Mesilla Park (C).
C. spurcus Lee. Mesilla Park, on Larrea (C).
C. venustus Fabr. Santa Rosa (K.).
C. arizonensis Schaef. Rio Ruidoso (T.).
Griburius montezumse Suffr. Santa Fe (Fenyes). In Arizona at Tucson
(H. and S.).
Pachybrachys xanti Cr. Alamogordo (V.). In Arizona at Tucson (H.
and S.).
P. donneri Cr, Pecos, identity not certain (C).
P. morosus Hald. San Ignacio (C), Cloudcroft (K.).
P. litigiosus SuflFr. Gallinas Canon (S.).
P. abdominalis Say. Walnut Creek, a variety (S.).
P. dubiosus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
P. pubescens Oliv. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
P. tridens Melsh. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (C).
P. lustrans Lee. Beulah (ef. Skinner), Cloudcroft (K.).
P. subvittatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
P. atomarius Melsh. Gallinas Canon (S.). Mesilla Valley (T.), Coolidge,
identity not certain (W.), Beulah (Skinner). This gives the species a vertical
range of over 4000 ft.
P. hepaticus Melsh. Gallinas Canon (S.), Trucbas Peak (W. P. Cockerell).
P. sp. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
P. sp. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
P. sp. Colora'o (C).
P. sp. Lone Mtn. (C).
P. sp. Eagle Creek (T.).
P. sp. Pecos (C).
P. sp. Top of Las Vegas Range, 11,000 ft. (C.)..
P. sp. Cloudcroft (K.).
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196 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Diachus auratus Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Walnut Creek (S.), Cloudcroft
(K.), Higlirolls (V.), Alamogordo (V.).
D. serug-inosus Lee. Saeraniento Mts. (K.). Cloudcroft, identity doubtful (S.).
Adoxus obscurus v. intis Fahr. Head of Dailey Canon (C), Beulah (Skinner).
Xanthonia decemnotata Say. Beulah ^Skinner), Gallinas Canon (S.),
Santa Fe Canon (S. ), Cloudcroft, on pines (K.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
X. villosula Melsh. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Myochrous denticollis Say. Mesilla Park (C).
M. squamosus Lee. Coolidge (W.).
Graphrops pubescens Melsh. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
G. marcassita Cr. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
G. nebulosus Lee. Las Vegas (C).
Typophorus canellus Fabr. Dripping Spring, Organ Mts. iC), Pecos (C).
T. canellus v. qiiadnguifntus Lee. Wiegand Eanch, near Las Vegas (C), Las
Valles (C. ), Romeroville (C).
T. canellus v. aterrimus Oliv. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Metachroma aterrimum Horn. Luna (W.), Santa Fe (Gissler), Arroyo,
near La Luz (T. ).
M. interruptum Say. Mesilla, a variety (C).
M. ang-U!*tulum Cr. Mesilla Valley (C).
Chrysochus auratus Fabr. Rociada (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Socorro (C),
Pecos (C.J.
C. cobaltinus Lee. Mesilla Park (C), "New Mexico" (Wheeler Survey).
Colaspis brunnea Fabr. Mesilla (C), Gallinas River (C).
C. brunnea w.flavida Say. Mesilla, on grape vine (C), Colora'o (C).
Metasyonycha circumcincta Horn. '"New Mexico" (cf. Horn).
Colaspoides viridimicans Horn. " New Mexico" (W.). Several specimens,
June 13, near Conant, on the Rock Island Railroad, on a tall plant with narrow
leaves and a small red blossom, growing along the ditch at the edge of the road
bed (K.). Mr. Knaus's brief description of the plant would agree well with
Sphxrnlcea cnspidata.
Nodonota tristis Oliv. Highrolls (V.).
N. puncticollis Say var., differs by its more sparsely punctate and more shin-
ing thorax, Pecos (C), San Ignacio (C).
Labidomera clivicollis v. rogersii Lee. Roswell (C).
Leptinotarsa rubig-inosa Eog. Water Canon (S.), Grant Co. (Howard).
L. haldemani Rog. Dripping Spring, Organ Mts., det. Schwarz (C).
L. lineolata Stal. San Augustine, E. base of Organ Mts. (C).
L. melanothorax Stal.* "New Mexico" (S., cf. Horn).
L. decemlineata Say. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla (C), Coolidge (W.), Luna
(W.), Deming (Schwarz).
Zyg-ogramma exclamationis Fab. Albuquerque. (W.), Gallinas Canon
(8.), Mesilla Valley (C), Rancah (T.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Z. conjuncta Rog. Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.).
Z. conjuncta v. pallida Bland. " New Mexico " (Fall).
"•■■ Mr. W. L. Tower writes under date March 5, 1907: "Snow's case of I,, melan-
othorax is utterly wrong. I have seen the specimen (Mus. Comp. Zool.) and it
is not melanothorax but a variation of IQ-luieatas which occurs rarely, and which
I have reared in an experiment."
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Z. continua Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulali (C), Cloudcroft (V.).
Z. suturalis Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Z. heterothecse Linell. Las Vegas, det. Wickliam (C.)- There is no Hetero-
theca in this region.
Z. tortuosa Eog. Deming, on Ephedra (C), Loue Mtn. (C), Eagle Creek
(T.), Colora'o (C).
Calligrapha scalaris Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
C. multlpunctata Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos (C).
C. dislocata Eog. Mesilla Valley (T.).
C. sigmoidea Lee. Beuiah (Skinner).
C. serpentina Rog. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Fillmore Canon.
Organ Mts. (T.), San Augustine (Wooton).
C. Sylvia Stal. Grant Co. (Howard).
Chrysomela flavomarginata Say. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Cloudcroft (V.).
C. aurlpennis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Sacramento
Mts. (K.).
C. inornata Eog. San Ignacio (C).
Plagiodera oviformis Lee. San Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.).
P. viridis Melsh. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Beuiah (C), Eagle
Creek (T.).
P. sp., seems intermediate between armoracix and viridis. Las Vegas (C).
Gastroides cyanea Melsh. Mesilla Valley, a variety (C).
Lina arizonse Cr. Eio Euidoso (T.), Walnut Creek (S.). lu Arizona at
Tucson (H. and S.).
L. scripta Fabr. Las Vegas (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Thornton (Fenyes).
Phyllechthrus subsulcatus Horn. Mesilla Park, on Pedis papposa (C).
Trirhabda canadensis Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.).
T. nig-rohumeralis Schaf. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
T. nitidicoUis Lee. Glorieta (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
T. converg-ens Lee. Beuiah (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), between Santa Fe
and Ft. Wingate (Wheeler Survey).
T. attenuata .Say. Beuiah (Skinner).
T. luteocincta Lee. Wootens (K.), Eio Euidoso (T.). The identity of the
last is not certain.
T. flavolimbata Mann. Eio Euidoso (T.), Beuiah (C), near Wootens (K.).
T. n. sp. ? Alamogordo (V.).
Galerucella americana Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Eosa (K.).
G. notulata Fabr. Albuquerque (C), Mesilla Park (C), Cloudcroft (K.)^
Thornton (Fenyes).
G. notata Fabr. Belen, on Helianthus (T.).
G. tuberculata Say. Gallinas Canon (S.).
G. decora Say. Pecos (C), Beuiah (V.), "New Mexico" (Fenyes), San
Ignacio (C).
G. decora v. salicis Eandall. Trout Spring, Gallinas Canon on Salix (C).
Monoxia puncticollis Say. Albuquerque (W.), near Tularosa (C), Eoswell
(C ), Santa Eosa (K.).
M. consputa Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (T., C), Eio Euidoso,
identity not certain (T.). Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.). This
includes the insect recorded as guttuluta Lee.
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198 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
M. debilis Lee. Near Abiquiu (Wheeler Survey), Mesilla Valley (C). High-
rolls (V.).
M. sordida Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Wootens (K.). In Arizona at Tucson
(H. and S.).
M. sp. "In heads of young balsam pine," Cloiidcroft (K.).
Diabrotica tricincta Say. Albuquerque (W.), Socorro (S.), Mesilla Valley
(C), Santa Rosa (K.), Roswell (C), top of Las Vegas Range (C), Rio Ruidoso
(T.). This species has a vertical range of 7200 ft. in New Mexico.
D. duodecimpunctata Oliv. Albuquerque (W. ), Socorro (S.), Pecos (C),
Mesilla (C), Las Graces (C), Santa Fe (Boyle), Emlmdo (C), Florida (C).
D. duodecimpunctata v. tenellus Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.), Alaniogordo
(K.), Deming (Schwarz).
D. longicornis Say. Albuquerque (W.), Socorro (S.), Roswell (C ).
D. virg-ifera Lee. Fort Wallace (of. Horn), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
D. fllicornis Horn. " New Mexico."
D. atrlpennis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.).
D. atrlpennis v. fossata Lee. " New Mexico."
D. lemniscata Lee. Socorro (S.), Sacramento Mts., 7000 ft. (K.), Fort Union
(cf. Horn), near Raton Mts. (cf. Horn).
D. blandula Lee. Near Smoky Hill River (cf. Horn).
D. nitida Linell. "New Mexico" (cf. Townsend).
D. vincta Lee. Pecos (C).
D. vittata Fabr. Eddy (T.), Whitewater (C), Mesilla Valley, var. incerta
Ckll. (C).
Scelolyperus longulus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), between Santa Fe and
Fort Wingate (Wheeler Surv.).
Luperodes varicornis Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
L. lecontei Cr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos (C), Highrolls (V.), Cloudcroft
(V.). Originally described from Santa Fe (Kern and Fendler) as L. rufipes Lee.
L. morrisoni Jacoby. Beulah (C), top of Las Vegas Range, 11,000 ft. (C).
L. semiflavus n. sp. Dripping Spring, Oigan Mts. (C).
Galeruca externa Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), top of Las Vegas Range, 11,000
ft. (C.-). Las Vegas (C), Eagle Creek (T.), Truebas Peaks (W. P. Cockerell),
Cloudcroft (K.).
Blepharida rhois Forst. Organ, on Rhm (C), Alamogordo (V.).
CEdionychis vians Illig. var. ? Santa Rosa (K.).
CE. lug-ens Lee. Las Vegas (C), Santa Fe (Fendler), Sacramento Mts. (K.),
Beulah, identity doubtful (Skinner). Santa Fe is the type locality.
CE. texana Cr. Gallinas Canon (S.).
CE. fiavida Horn. Alamogordo (V.).
Disonycha quinquevittata Say. Colora'o (C), Albuquerque (W.), Embndo
(C), Mesilla Park (C), Las Vegas (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes), San Ildefonso
(Wheeler Surv.).
D. crenicollis Say. Mesilla Valley (C), San Marcial (C).
D. caroliniana Fabr. Socorro (S.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
D. arizonse Casey. Santa Fe, identity doubtful (Fenyes).
D. g-labrata Fabr. Mesilla Valley, on Isocoma (C).
D. tenuicornis Horn. Alamogordo (V.).
D. triangularis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C), Cloudcroft (K.),
BlmiImIi (.Skinner).
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D. xanthomelsena Dalm. Gallinas Canon (S.).
D. politula Horn. Deming (Schwarz), Mesilla (C), Las Vegas (C), Mesca-
levo (C), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Las duces, on !^olidago canadensis (T.).
D. mellicollis v. semicarbonata Leo. Cloudcroft (V., K.), Las Vegas (C),
Santa Fe (Fendler). The last is the type locality.
Haltica bimarginata Say. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), San
Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.)- Described from Sta. Fe (Fendler), as H. ambiens Lee.
H. vicaria. Horn. Cloudcroft (K.).
H. carinata Germ. Gallinas Canon (S.), San Ildefonso (Wheeler Survey),
Santa Fe (Fenyes), Wootens (K.), Alamogordo (V.), Coolidge, v. torquata Lee.
(W.). The torquata form was described from Santa Fe (Fendler and Kern).
H. obliterata Lee. Eio Euidoso (T.), Mesilla (C), Albuquerque (W.), Organ
(C), Soledad Canon, Organ Mts., on Fallugia (C), Grant Co. (Howard), Thornton
(Fenyes), Alamogordo (V.). The type was from near Santa Fe (Feldler).
H. tincta Lee. Beulah, identity not certain (C).
H. punctipennis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner), Thornton
(Fenyes), Santa Fe (E. C. Kern,^(ie LeConte, 1859).
H. foliacea Lee. Deming (C), Mesilla Valley (C), Embndo (C), Cloudcroft
(K.), top of Las Vegas Eange, 11,000 ft. (C), Albuquerque (W.), Eoswell (John-
son), Pecos, both blue and green forms (C).
H. n. sp. ? Cloudcroft (V.).
Crepidodera helxines L. Chicorico Canon, near Eaton (C), Sacramento
Mts. (K.), Pecos (C).
Epitrix cucumei'is Harris. Gallinas Canon (S.), Cloudcroft (C), Wootens,
feeding on corn, beans and potatoes (K.).
E. parvula Fabr. Mesilla, on Solannm (C), Albuquerque (W.), Las Truchas
(Clara Gerhardt), Highrolls (V.).
Mantura floridana Cr. Las Vegas (C).
ChEetocnema protensa Lee. Beulah (Skinner).
C. denticulata 111. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
C. subviridis Lee. East of Santa Fe (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque
(W.), Lone Mtn., near Silver City (C), Santa Eosa (K.).
C. opulenta Horn. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn).
C. crenulata Cr. Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. costata n. sp. Cloudcroft (V.).
C. decipiens Lee. Wootens (K.).
Sysbena tseniata Say. Santa Fe (C), Hatch (C), Mesilla Park (C), Thorn-
ton (Fenyes), Highrolls (V.), Eio Euidoso, 6600 ft. on Ehus, var. bitieniata Lee.
(Wooton). The form bitieniata was described from Santa Fe (Fendler).
S. tseniata v. mitis Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Colora'o (C), Middle Sonoran
Zone.
S. tseniata v. blanda Melsh. Santa Fe (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Transition
Zone.
S. marg-inalis 111. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Glyptina cyanipennis Cr. Cloudcroft (V.).
G. nivalis Horn. Near Las Vegas, 7000 ft. (cf. Horn).
G. brunnea Horn. Santa Fe (C), Beulah (C).
G. spuria Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Pecos (C).
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200 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
G. cerina Lee. HighroUs (V.), Alamogordo (V.), Cloudcroft (V.). In Ari.
zona at Tucson (H. and S.)-
G. atriventris Horn. Mesilla Valley (C), "New Mexico" (cf. Horn).
Phyllotreta albionica Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Cloudcroft (K.), Higb.
rolls (v.).
P. pusilla Horn. Beulah (C), Mesilla Valley (C), Santa Fe (C), Las Vegas
(C), Gallup (W.), Coolidge (W.). Pecos (C), Highrolls (V.), Alamogordo (V.),
Cloudcroft (V.). This has a remarkable vertical range; it occurs in Arizona at
Tucson (H. and S.).
P. seneicoUis Cr. Cloudcroft (V.), "New Mexico" (Snow).
P. lewisii Cr. Coolidge (W.).
P. picta Say. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Longitarsus repandus Lee. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
L. occidentalis Horn. Eoswell (C), La Luz (K.).
L. bicolor Horn. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn), Sacramento Mts. (K.), High-
rolls (V.).
L. alternatus Ziegl. Pecos, identity doubtful (Grabham).
L. sp. near melanurus. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
L. rufescens Horn. Mesilla Valley (C).
L nitidellus Ckll. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn), Cloudcroft (V.), Beulah (C.)-
Dibolia borealis Chevr. Harvey's Eanch, Las Vegas Range (Miss Ruth Ray-
nolds), Beulah (C).
Psylliodes punctulata Melsh. Beulah (Skinner).
P. convexior Lee. Cloudcroft (K.), Alamogordo (V.).
Microrhopala vittata Fabr. Rio Rioduso (T.), Tsuque (F.).
M. rubrolineata Mann. Alamogordo (V.). In Ariz, at Tucson (H. and S.).
M. rubrolineata v. vnlnerata Horn. Walnut Creek (S.).
Odontota coUaris Say. Walnut Creek (S.), Pecos (C).
O. omogera Cr. Walnut Creek (S.).
O. nervosa Panz. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Charistena perspicua Horn. "New Mexico."
C. bicolor J. B. Smith. " New Mexico."
Octotoma marginicollis Horn. Walnut Creek (S.).
Cassida nigrripes Oliv. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas, on Convolvulus
b)ca))us (C).
C. nigripes v. ellipsis Lee. Las Vegas (C).
C. pallidula Boh. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Las Vegas (C),
Highrolls (V.).
Coptocycla aurichalcea Fabr. Gallina Canon (S.), Rio Ruidoso (T.), Las
Vegas (C).
C clavata Fabr. Mesilla (C).
Chelymorpha argus Licht. Mesilla, on Solamim (C).
C pbytophagica Cr. Mesilla Valley (T.), Las Cruces (C).
BRUCHID^.
Bruchus discolor Horn. Mesilla Valley (C), near Roswell, bred from pods
of Cassia rwmeriana (C), Alamogordo (V.), Cloudcrcft (V.).
B. pruininus Horn Mesilla Valley (C), Alamogordo (V.), Highrolls (V.).
In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
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B. desertorum Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
B. aureolus Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.j, Pecos (C).
B. pauperculus Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.), Pecos (C.I.
B. prosopis Lee. Socorro (S.), Deming (C ), Mesilla Park (C), Alamogordo
(V.). In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
B. uniformis Lee. Mesilla Valley ((-.).
B. bisig-natus Horn. Albuquerque (W.).
B. alboscutellatus Horn. Mesilla Valley (cf. Ashmead).
B. fraterculus Horn. Santa Fe (C), San Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.). Hieh-
rolls (V.), Alamogordo (V.), Santa Rosa (K.).
B. amicus Horn. Mesilla Valley (cf. Ashniead), Gallup (W.1, La Cueva,
Organ Mts. (T.), Alamogordo (V.), Santa Fe (Fenyes). In Arizona at Tucson
(H. and S.).
B. exig-uus Horn. Albuquerque (W.).
B. seminulum Horn. Albuquerque (W.), Las Vegas (C).
B. n.sp. Cloud croft (v.).
B. n. sp. Albuquerque (W.).
B. n. sp. La.s Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
B. n. sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
TENEBRIONID^.
Edrotes rotundus Say. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe (C).
Triorhophus Isevis Lee. Mesilla Valley (C). Possibly an incorrect identi-
fication ; the species may be nodiceps. Scbwarz reports T. Isevis from Tucson,
Ariz. (H. and S.).
Trimytis pruinosa Lee. Taos (Wheeler Survey), Thornton (Fenyes).
Burymetopon ruflpes Esch. Mesilla Valley (C. ). In Arizona at Tucson
(H. and S.).
E. marg-inatum Casey. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
E. serratum Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
E. crassulum Casey. Mesilla Valley (C).
E. congener Casey. Albuquerque (C).
E. sp. Mesilla Park (C).
E. longipennis Casey. "New Mexico."
Emmenastus texanus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
E. long-ulus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C). Very probably incorrectly identified.
E. convexus Lee. Organ (C), Alamo Canon (V.).
E. fallax Casey. San Geroninio (W. P. Cockerell and Mary Cooper), Cloud-
croft, a variety (K.).
E. coarcticollis Casey. "New Mexico."
Epitragus acutus Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
E. canaliculatus Say. Santa Fe (C), Mesilla Valley (C), Gallinas Canon
(S.), Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Vega S. Jose (T.). Pecos (C), Em-
budo (C), Organ Mts. (C).
E. plumbeus Lee. Coolidge (W.).
Zopherus concolor Lee. Santa Fe (C), Pecos (C). Abiquiu (W.), Sacra-
mento Mts. (K.), Cloudcroft, identity not certain (C), Cloudcroft (V.), High-
rolls (V.).
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Z. granicollis Horn. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.).
Arseoschizus costipennis Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Demiiig (C), Fort
Cumniiiin:s (cf. Horn).
A. reg-ularis Horn. Deming (C).
A. decipiens Horn. Deming (C).
A. possibly flmbriatus Casey. Santa Rosa (K.).
Cryptoglossa leevis Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Grant Co. (Howard).
Microschatia morata Horn. Grant Co. (Gissler). Also collected by Howard.
Ologlyptus anastomosis Say. "New Mexico" (Wickbani). LeConte,
1859, says "Kansas and New Mexico, near the Rocky Monntains.''
Astrotus regularis Horn. Water Canon (S.).
Asida opaca Say. Cloudcroft (K.), Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.),
Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Beulah (Skinner), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Raton
(C), Organ Mts. (T.). LeConte remarks that specimens from New Mexico are
smaller, and have the elytra much more uneven than those found near the Platte
River.
A. mancipata Horn. Grant Co. (Gissler).
A. polita Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
A. quadricoUis Horn. Ft. Bayard (Gissler).
A. sordida Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Grant Co. (How-
ard), Albuquerque (C).
A. costipennis Lee. "New Mexico" (ef. Ulke).
A. morbillosa Lee. Water Canon (S.), Deming (Schwarz).
A. confluens Lee. Canon de Chelle (Wheeler Surv.).
A. convexa Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Thornton (Fenyes).
A. obovaia Lee. Grant Co. (Howard), Vega S. Jose (T.).
A. convexicollis Lee. " New Mexico" (cf. Ulke), Magdalena Mts. (S.).
A marginata Lee. Water Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (C), Alamogordo (V.).
A. marginata v. rimafa Lee. Water Canon (S.).
A. elata Lee. Water Canon (S.), Parker's Well, Organ Mts. (C), Glorieta
(C), between Abiquiu and Jeraez (Wheeler Surv.), Canon de Chelle (Wheeler
Surv.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
A. macra Horn. "New Mexico" (S.).
Eusattus reticulatus Say. Peseao (Wheeler Surv), between Santa Fe and
Ft. Wingate (Wheeler Surv), Raton (C), Water Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.),
Coolidge (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Grant Co. (Howard). Santa Fe (cf. LeConte),
San Augustine (C), Deming (W.).
E. convexus Lee. (difficilis, auett.). Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (C), Albu-
querque (C), Mesilla Valley (C). Engle (Nora Newberry), Highrolls (V.).
E. muricatus Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Ulke).
»Eleodes obscura Say. Pecos (C), Ancho (K.). Gallinas Canon (S.), Water
Canon (S.), Las Vegas (W. P. C), Glorieta (C), Santa Fe (ef. Blaisdell).
B. obscura v. dispersa Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe
Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Watrous (C), Peseao (Wheeler Survey), Ft. Wingate
(Wheeler Survey), between Santa Fe and Fort Wingate (Wheeler Survey), Taos
(Wheeler Survey).
*Dr. Blaisdell has kindly sent all New Mexican references contained in his
coming monograph of the Blaptini, thus adding much to the value of the list.
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E. obscura v. sulcijjennis Mann. "New Mexico" (cf. Ulke), Fort Wingate
{Wheeler Survey), as arata Lee.
E. acuta Say. Las Vegas (C).
E. suturalis Say. Albuquerque (W), Water Canon (S.), Las Vegas (Gilbert
Rosen wald).
E. suturalis v. texana Lee. Gallinas Canon (S), Albuquerque (cf. Blaisdell).
E. pedinoides v. neomexicana Biaisd. Rio Ruidoso (T.), Sacramento Mts. (K;).
E, tricostata Say. Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S ), Santa Fe (C),
Coolidge (W.), Gallup (W.), Rio Ruidoso (T.), Las Vegas (C), Benlah (Skinner),
Pecos (C), Pescao (Wheeler Surv.), between Santa Fe and Ft. Wingate (Wheeler
Surv.), Abiquiu (Wheeler Surv.).
E. carbonaria Say. Water Canon (S.), Cloudcroft (V.), Highrolls (V.), Dem-
ing (cf. Biaisd.), Mt. Park (K.).
E. debilis Lee. Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe (Riley).
E. ampla Biaisd. Santa Fe Canon (cf. Biaisd.).
E. obsoleta Say. Pecos (C), Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.). Water
Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Lone Mtn. (C), Glorieta (C), between Santa Fe and
Ft. Wingate (Wheeler Surv.), Coolidge (W.), Gallup (W.), Las Vegas (C), Dem-
ing (Schwarz).
E. obsoleta var. porcata Csy. Pecos (cf. Biaisd.).
E. knausii Biaisd. Cloudcroft (K.). Also taken by Viereck.
E. quadricoUls Esch. Santa Fe Canon (S.), between Santa Fe and Ft. Win-
gate (Wheeler Surv.). [Probably an erroneous determination.]
E. humeralis Lee. Beulah (Skinner).
E. extricata Say. Beulah (Skinner), Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canon (S.),
Water Canon (S.). Santa Fe (C), Cloudcroft (C), between Santa Fe and Fort
Wingate (Wheeler Survey), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (C),
Deming (Schwarz), Gallup (Helen Blake), White Mts., 11,092 ft., a variety (T.).
E. extricata v. cognnta Hald. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
E. longicollis Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Water Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.),
Gallup (W., and Helen Blake), Mesilla Valley (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes). Luna
(cf. Biaisd.).
E. ventricosa Lee. Water Canon (S.).
E. gracilis Lee. Water Canon (S.).
E. -wickhami Horn. Las Cruces (cf. Biaisd.).
E. nigrina Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Coolidge (W.), Taos
'Wheeler Survey), Wootens (K.), Cloudcroft, a large robust race (K.), High-
rolls (V.).
E. hispilabris Say. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.), Mesilla Valley (T.),
Las Vegas (G. Rosen wald).
B. sponsa Lee. Santa Fe (C), Coolidge (W.), Taos (Wheeler Survey), Pecos
(M. Grabham), Glorieta (C), Highrolls (V.), Aztec (Baker).
E. caudifera Lee. Water Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Pescao (Wheeler Sur-
vey), between Santa Fe and Ft. Wingate (Wheeler Survey), Thornton (Fenyes),
Aztec (Baker), Luna (cf. Biaisd.).
B. pilosa Horn. Coolidge (W.), " N. Mex." (Nat. Mus. coll.).
B. lecontei Horn. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulah (Skinner), Pecos (C),
Cloudcroft (V.).
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B. lecontei v. snowii Blaisd. Cloudcroft (K.). [This and the preceding are
presumably one thing.]
E. consobrina Lee. Sta. Fe Canon (S.). [Probably a wrong determination.]
B. planipennis Lee. Water Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C),
Rio de las Casas (Sturgis), Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (G. Eosenwald and Martin
D. Cockerell).
E. opaca Say. Coolidge (W.).
E. fusiformis Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.).
E. goryi Sol. {fusiformis Lee.) "New Mex." (Horn).
B. dissimilis Blaisd. Highrolls (V.).
Embaphion contusum Lee. Coolidge (W.), Mesilla Valley (T.), Santa Fe
(of. LeConte), Gallup (Helen Blake), Fort Wingate (Wheeler Survey), Pescao
(Wheeler Survey), between Santa Fe and Ft. Wingate (Wheeler Survey), Deniing
(Schwarz), Las Vegas (ef. Blaisdell).
E. g-labrum Blaisd. Coolidge (W.).
E. elong-atum Horn. Coolidge (W.). Perhaps not different from preceding.
E. planum Horn. San Juan Eiver (Wheeler Surv.).
E. contractum Blaisdell. Under pine bark and chips, seven specimens,
Cloudcroft (K.).
[E. mnricatum Say occurs in both Colorado and Texas and will no doubt be
found in New Mexico.]
Nyctobates pennsylvanica DeG. San Ildefonso (Wheeler Survey;.
Iphthimus serratus Mann. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Sac-
ramento Mts. (K.), Ponil Canon (Miss Grace Eaton).
I. serratus v. snblxvis Bland. Taos (Wheeler Surv.).
I. zopheroides Horn. "New Mexico" (Fuller).
Coelocnemis punctata Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge, a variety (W.),
Gallup (Helen Blake).
Tenebrio obscurus Fabr. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Santa Fe
(C), Las Vegas (G. Rosen wald), Beulah (C), Tsuque (Fenyes).
T. molitor L. Albuqiferque (C), Alamogordo (K.).
Bius estriatus Lee. Walnut Creek (S.), Cloudcroft (V.).
Eupsophus castaneus Horn. Mesilla Valley (C).
Mecysmus angustus Lee. Deming (Schwarz).
M. parvulus Casey. Coolidge (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
BlapsLinus fuscus Casey. San Marcial (C).
B. fortis Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
B. dilatatus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
B. pratensis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C).
San Ildefonso (Wheeler Survey).
B. substriatus Champion. San Geronimo, identity not certain (W. P. Cock-
erell and M. Cooper).
B. pulverulentus Mann. Deming (Schwarz). [The identity is very ques-
tionable.—H. C. F.]
B. lecontei Muls. Mesilla Valley (C), Coolidge (W.). According to Casey
this is the same as pnbescens Lee.
B. sp. Beulah (C).
B. sp. Near Las Vegas (C).
B. sp. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Conibius uniformis Casey. Santa Rosa (K.). Identity not certain.
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Ulus sp. The New Mexico species has not been determined, but it is probably
fiinbriafus Csy., described from El Paso, Texas.
Cnemeplatia sericea Horn. Albuquerque (W.).
Tribolium madens Charp. Cloudcroft (K.).
T. confusum Duval. Mesilla Valley (C).
Aphanotus parallelus Casey. La Trementina (Alice Blake).
Cynseus ang-ustus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
Paratenetus crinitus Fall. Trout Spring (C).
Platydema oregonense Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (Fenyes),
Cloudcroft (K.), Mt. Park (K.).
HypophlcBUS parallelus Melsh. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Cloudcroft (K.).
Helops arizonensis Horn. Walnut Creek (S.), Deming (Schwarz).
H. attenuatus Lee. Coolidge (W.).
OISTELID-S3.
Hymenorus obscurus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Doubtless a wrong identification.
H. apacheanus Casey. Santa Fe (C). The same species was determined by
Linell as occidentalis.
H. confertus Lee. Mesilla (C).
H. indutus Casey. Albuquerque (W.).
H. punctatissimus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Eincon, on Mesquite (C), La
Trementina, identity not certain (Alice Blake), Thornton, identity not certain
(Fenyes).
H. sp. La Trementina (Alice Blake).
H. sp. Deming (W.).
H. sp. Alaniogordo (K.).
H. appar. n. sp. Pecos Canon (C).
Cistela pinguis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (Fendler). The latter
is the type locality.
C. sericea Say. "New Mexico."
Telesicles cordatus Champion. Gallup (W.), Deming (Schwarz).
Mycetochares lugubris Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
OTHNIID^.
Othnius umbrosus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
LAGRIIDJE.
Statira pluripunctata Horn. San Augustine, E. base of Organ Mts. (C).
S. opacicollis Horn. San Augustine, in flowers of Datura meteloides (C).
It is doubtful whether the specimens from San Augustine represent more than
one species, though they have been identified as above.
S. robusta Schaeffer. "New Mexico" (S.).
MONOMMID^.
Hyporhagus opuntise Horn. Alaniogordo (V.). In Arizona at Tucson
(H. and S.).
MELANDRYID^.
Tetratoma concolor Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Penthe pimelia Fabr. San Ildefonso (Wheeler Survey).
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Zilora hispida Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Garebara longula Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts., identity not
eertain (K.).
C. brevicollis n. sp. Clondcroft (K.).
Serropalpus barbatus Scliall. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Eustrophus indistinctus Lee. Walnut Creek (8.).
E. bicolor Say. Mesilla, in a fungus (C).
E. arizonensis Horn. "New Mexieo," High rolls (V.), Las Vegas Hot Springs
(B. and S.), Cloudcroft (K.). Knaus found it under pine bark.
Hallomenus scapularis Melsh. Highrolls (V.), Cloudcroft (K.). Knaus
found it under bark.
H. punctulatus Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
Canifa sp. Alamogordo (V.).
Lacconotus pinicolus Horn. Beulah (C), Cloudcroft (V.).
Mycterus concolor Lee. Coolidge (W.), Pecos (C), Wootens (K.), Alamo-
gordo (V.), Highrolls (V.).
M. quadricollis Horn. Mesilla Valley (C).
PYTHID^.
Lecontia discicollis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), under pine bark, Cloud-
croft (K.).
Salpingus virescens Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (C), Wootens (K.).
S. tibialis Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
CEDEMBRID^.
Calopus angustus Lee. " New Mexieo."
Copidita obscura Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Beulah (Skin-
ner, C), Las Vegas (C), Pecos (C).
Asclera piincticoUis Say. Beulah (Skinner).
A obscura Lee. " New Mexieo."
A. sp. near excavata. Pecos, at flowers of Fallagia (C), Cloudcroft (V.).
A Pecos specimen is intermediate between excavata and riificollis, and probably
represents a distinct species.
Oxacis pallida Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Ulke), Colora'o (C), Alamo-
gordo (K.).
O. bicolor Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley, a variety (C), Coolidge
(W.), Santa Fe (C), Silver City (C), Thornton (Fenyes), Las Vegas Hot Springs
(B. and S.).
O. sororia Horn. Mesilla Park (C).
MORDELLID^.
Diclidia laetula Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Townsend), Pecos Canon, 3 miles
above Pecos (C).
Pentaria trifasciata Melsh. Santa Fe (C), Mesilla Valley, a variety (C).
P. nubila Lee. Alamogordo (V.). In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
P. fuscula Lee. Gallup (W.), Pecos, on flowers of Clematis ligusficifolia (C),
Glorieta (C), Cloudcroft (K.), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Alamogordo (V.), High-
rolls (V.).
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P. pusio Lee. Alainogordo (V.), Albuquerque (W.), Gallinas Canou (S.),
Mesilla Valley (C).
Anaspis nigra Hald. Sauta Fe Canon (S.).
A atra Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C), Rio Ruidoso (T.), Beulah
(C), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
A. rufa Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
A. sp. Beulah (C).
A. collaris Lee. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Mordella quadripunctata Say. Pecos, on Apocyrmm (C.)
M. scutellaris Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulah
(C), Pecos (C), Beatty's Cabin (W. P. C), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Cloudcroft (V.).
M. tnarginata Melsh. Rio Ruidoso (T.).
M. insulata Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
M. fuscocinerea n. sp. Alamogordo (V.).
M. perlineata n. sp. Alamogordo (V.), Cloudcroft (V.).
Mordellistena festiva n. sp. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
M. adspersa Melsh. Mesilla Valley (C).
M. pallens n. sp. Mesilla Valley (C. ), Deming (Schwarz).
M. inornata J. B. Smith. Wootens (K.).
M. impatiens Lee. Mesilla Valley (C). Identity somewhat doubtful.
M. nigricans Melsh. Cloudcroft (K.).
M. nubila Lee. var. Mesilla Park (C).
M. pustulata Melsh. Mesilla Valley (C).
M. morula Lee. Pecos (C. ), Beulah, identity not certain (Skinner, C). The
same insect as that from Beulah, also at Viveash Ranch (C), and Rio Rui-
doso (T.).
M. suspecta n. sp. Pecos (C).
M. sericans n. sp. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe (C), Gallup (W.), Cloud-
croft (K.), Wootens (K.), Elba (Fall). This species has long been called luiicolor
Lee., but. that determination is surely incorrect.
M. divisa Lee. Pecos (C).
M. angusta Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
M. semula Lee. Santa Fe (Fenyes), Albuquerque (W.).
ANTHICID^.
Stereopalpus mellyi Laf. Pecos, identity not certain (C).
Corphyra le-wisii Horn. Pecos (C), Cloudcroft (V).
C. lewisii v. variabilis Horn. "New Mexico."
C. collaris Say. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Xylophilus piceus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.). Identity doubtful.
X. impressus Lee. var. Deming (H. and S.).
Notoxus nuperus Horn. "New Mexico" (cf. Horn), Deming (Schwarz),
Albuquerque (W.).
N. talpa Laf. {subtilis Lee). " New Mexico" (ef. Ulke).
N. bifasciatus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Walnut Creek (S.).
N. apicalis Lee. Roswell, identity not certain (C), the same also from Albu-
querque (W.).
N. calcaratus Horn. Mesilla Valley (C), Fresnal Creek (K.), Santa Fe
(Fenyes), Alamogordo (V.), Albuquerque (W.).
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N. monodon Fabr. Mesilla Valley (C), Deniing (Schwarz). In Arizona at
Tucson (H. and S.).
N. serratus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Gallup (W.), Mesilla Valley (C),
Florida (C).
N caudatus Fall. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
N. montanus Casey. Wootens (K.). Pecos (C), Tsuque (Fenyes). There is
scarcely a doubt that this and hifasciatus above are the same thing; whether
there is really more than one species is a question.
Formicilla evanescens Casey. Mesilla Valley, a variety (C).
Anthicus (Baulius) tenuis Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.). In
Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
A. (Malporus) formlcarius Laf. Deming (Schwarz).
A. (Lappus) obscurus Lee. Gallup (W.). This was very likely subiilis.
A. (Lappus) cursor Casey. Fresnal Creek (K.), Alamogordo (V.).
A. (Lappus) lividus Casey. Fresnal Canon (K.).
A. (Lappus) sturmii Laf. "New Mexico" (cf. Townsend).
A. (L.) sturmii v. elegans Laf. Mesilla Valley (C).
A. (Lappus) nitidulus Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
A. (Lappus) subtilis Casey. Gallup (W.).
A. (Thicanus) rejectus Lee. Albuquerque (W.). This was probably mimf/s.
A. (Thicanus) mimus Casey. Coolidge (W.).
A. (Vacusus) laetus Laf. Mesilla Park (C).
A. (Vacusus) conflnis Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), Deming (Schwarz), Ros-
well (C).
A. (Hemantus) floralis L. Albuquerque (W.j, Mesilla. Valley (C), Santa
Fe Canon (S.), Eoswell (C).
A. (Hemantus) rixator Casey. Albuquerque (cf. Casey).
A. ephippium Laf. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
A. biguttulus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.), Mesilla Valley (C).
A. cervinus Laf. Mesilla Park (C), Eoswell (C), Wootens (K.j.
A. parallelus Casey. Coolidge (W.).
A. junctus Casey. Las Vegas (C), Pecos (C).
A. nanus Lee. Albuquerque (W.). In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
A. Innocens Casey. Eoswell, identity not certain (C).
A. bellulus Lee. Wiegand Eanch, near Las Vegas (C), Las Valles (C).
A. lutulentus Casey. Near Las Vegas (C), Elba (Fall).
A. melancbolicus Laf. Cooliege (W.).
A. (Saplntus) fulvipes Laf. Coolidge (W.).
A. sp. Wootens (K.).
A. sp. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
MELOID.E.
Cysteodemus wislizeni Lee. Mesilla Valley, very common (C), Socorro
(S.), Thornton (Fenyes).* Discovered by Dr. Wislizenus on his famous journey
from Santa Fe to Chihuahua.
Megretra vittata Lee. Socorro (S.), Organ Mts. (C), Coolidge (W.), Gallup
(W.), Canon de Chelle (Wheeler Survey), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Meloe sublsevis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Socorro (S.), Santa Fe (C), Luna
(W.), Las Vegas (C).
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Nomaspis parvula Hald. Las Vegas, on flowers of Aragalliis, May (C).
Nemog-natha lurida Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Pecos
(C), Fort Wingate (VVlieeler Survey), Las Truchas (Clara Gerhardt).
N. apicalis Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Ulke), Santa Fe, ou Cleome serridata ((?.).
N. lutea Lee. Galliuas Canon (S.).
N. bicolor Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.),' Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C),
Santa Fe Canon (S.), Gallup (W.), Las Vegas, on Carduus (C).
N. piezata Fabr. Pecos (C). HighroUs (V.).
N. nigrripennis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pescao (Wheeler Survey).
N. cribraria Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.). Beulali, identity
not quite certain (C).
N. scutellaris Lee. Beulah (Phila. Acad.).
N. immaculata Say. Santa Fe (C), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Gallinas Canon
iS.), Eoswell (C), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulah (C), Pecos (C).
N. punctipennis Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
N. sparsa Lee. Socorro (S.), Albuquerque (W.), also collected by E. O.
Wooton (No. 37) on his expedition to Sierra Blanca.
N. vittig-era Lee. Santa Fe (C).
N. cribricollis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Socorro (8.).
N. about four new (?) species. Alamogordo (V.).
[An undescribed species of Nemognatha was taken at Fort Bliss, Texas (C.) ;
Mr. Schwarz, who determined it, states that it also occurs at San Diego, Texas.
It is almost certain that it will be found to enter New Mexico, to the north of
Fort Bliss.]
Gnathium francilloni Kirby var. flavicoUe Lee. Santa Fe (C), Tsuque
(Fenyes).
G. minimuin Say. "New Mexico" (fide Wickham).
G. texanum Horn. Mesilla (C).
G. nititum Horn. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Las Truchas
(Clara Gerhardt).
Zonitis atripennis Say. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C). Occurs on
Cleome serrulata.
Z. martini n. sp. Mesilla Park, on Prosopis glandtdosa, May 14th (Martin D.
Cockerell), Engle (Nora Newberry), Alamogordo (V.).
Z. flavida Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C), San Ildefonso (Wheeler
Survey).
Z. bilineata Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Tsuque (Fenyes).
Z. rufa Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Mt. Park (K.).
Leonidia neomexicana Ckll. Mesilla Valley (C), Las Vegas (C).
Macrobasis albida Say. Las Truchas (Clara Gerhardt), Georgetown (cf.
Chittenden).
M. longicollis Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Lava.
M. atrivittata Lee. Albuquerque (VV.).
M. unicolor Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner), Cloudcioft (V.).
M. linearis Lee. Cloudcroft (V.), Alamogordo (V.).
M. ochrea Lee. Walnut Creek (S.).
M. gissleri Horn. Grant Co. (Gissler), region of Organ Mts. (T.).
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M. lauta Horn. Alaraogordo (K.)- In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
M. tenella Lee. Mesilla Park (C). In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
M. seg-mentata Say. San Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.), Roswell (C).
Tetraonyx femoralis Duges. Mesilla Valley (C).
T. fulva Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C), Luna (W.), Sacra-
mento Mts. (K.), Pecos (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes), Highrolls (V.).
Pleuropompha costata Lee. Deming (Snow, Schwarz), Roswell (C),
Mesilla Park (C).
Epicauta ferruginea Say. Galliuas Canon (S.), Socorro (S.), Mesilla
Valley (C).
E. sei'icans Lee. Galliuas Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (C).
E. pruinosa Lee. Between Santa Fe and Ft. Wingate (Wheeler Survey).
E. ruidosana Fall. Rio Ruidoso (T.), nearest to caviceps.
E. ingrata Fall. Wootens (K.), Highrolls (V.), Cloudcroft (K.), Pecos ((;.),
nearest to jiedalis.
E. pardalis Lee. Gallo Spring (T.).
E. maculata Say. "New Mexico" (Wheeler Survey), Coolidge (W.). The
form called conspersa Lee. was found between Santa Fe and Ft. Wingate (Wheeler
Survey). Highrolls (V.).
E. funebris Horn. Mesilla Valley (T.).
E. corvina Lee. Socorro (S.), La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.).
E. pennsylvanica DeG. Albuquerque (W.), Raton (C), San Iguaeio (C),
Las Vegas (C), Roswell, unusually large (C), above Mescalero (Wooton), San
Ildefonso (Wheeler Survey).
E. sp. Roswell (C).
B. sp. Pecos (C).
E. sp. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
E. n. sp. Cloudcroft (V.).
Pyrota mylabrina Chevr. Socorro (S.), Albuquerque (W.). Roswell (C).
P. eng-elmanni Lee. Roswell (C).
P. postica Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.).
P. punctata Casey. Deming (Schwarz).
P. akhurstiana Horn. Deming (Schwarz). In Ariz, at Tucson (H. and S.).
P. bilineata Horn. Thornton (Fenyes), Albuquerque (W.). The Mesilla
Valley (C.) insect reported as lineata Oliv. is doubtless this.
Cantharls mutilata Horn. Socorro (S.), Mesilla (C).
C. vulnerata Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
C. deserticola Horn. Walnut Creek (S.).
C. melsena Lee. Organ (T.).
C. nuttalli Say. Top of Las Vegas Range, 11,000 ft. (C), Beulah (C).
C. viridana Lee. Harvey's Ranch, Las Vegas Range (Ruth Raynolds).
C. puberula Lee. Wootens (K.).
C. biguttata Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Socorro (S.), Santa Fe (C), Glorieta
(C), Pecos (C), Roswell (C), Mesilla Valley (C), Las Vegas, on Verhesina (C).
C. gentilis Horn. "New Mexico."
Calospasta viridis Horn. "New Mexico" (S.).
Negalius marmoratus Casey. Mesilla Park, running on the ground in a
sandy place (C).
Eupompha flssiceps Lee. Socorro (S.), Mesilla Valley (T.).
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BHIPIPHOBID^.
Toposcopus •wrig-htii Lee. Side of canon above Embudo (C.)-
Rhipiphorus flavipennis Lee. Rincon, on Prosopis glandulosa (C), Me-
silla (C).
R. pectinatus Fab. Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley v.fasciatus Mels. (C).
R. cruentus Germ. Fillmore Canon, Organ Mts. (T.), Glorieta (C), Alamo-
gordo (V.).
Myodites vierecki u. sp. Alamogoido (V.).
M. scaber Lee. Chaves (T.), Pecos (C).
M luteipennis Lee. Mesilla Valley (C).
M. nevadicus Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
RHINOMACERIDuSl.
Rhinomacer comptus Lee. Cloudcioft (K.).
RHYNCHITID^.
Bugnamptus collaris Fab. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Rhynchites bicolor Fab. Santa Fe (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (C),
Pecos (Grabhara), Cloudcroft (V.), Highrolls (V.).
R. seneus Boh. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C), Beulah (C), Pecos (C).
Santa Fe (Fenyes).
R. seratus Say Alamogordo (V.).
Deporaus glastinus Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Cloudcroft (V.).
ATTELABID^.
Attelabus bipustulatus Fab. Eio Ruidoso (Townsend, Wootonl.
A. g-enalis Lee. "New Mexico."
A. rhois Boh. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Cloudcroft (V.).
BYRSOPID^.
Thecesternus humeralis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Socorro (S.), Albu-
querque (W.), Las Vegas (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
OTIORHYNCHID.^.
Epicserus imbricatus Say. Coolidge (W.).
Calyptillus cryptops Horn. "New Mexico."
Ophryastes vittatus Say. Socorro (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley
(C), Coolidge iW.), Gallup (W.), Tierra Amarilla (Wheeler Survey), Santa Fe
(Fenyes).
O. tuberosus Lee. Grant Co. (Howard), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
O. latirostris Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Gallup (W.), Tularosa Creek (T.).
O. sulcirostris Say. Las Vegas (C), Gallup (W.), Alamogordo (V.).
O. symmetricus n. sp. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Eupagoderes decipiens Lee. Mesilla Valley (T.). In Arizona at Tucson
(H. and S.).
E. sordidus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.), Santa Fe (C), Thornton
(Fenyes).
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212 AMERICAN COLEOPTKRA.
E. varius Lee. Alaniogordo (V.).
Anametis grisea Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.), Benlah (C).
A. subfusca n. sp. Cloudcroft and Wootens (K.).
Orimodema protracba Horn. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Diamimus subsericeus Horn. " New Mexico."
Pei-itaxia rugicollis Horn. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.i,
Las Vegas (C), Dripping Spring, Organ Mts. (C.j, Pecos (C).
P. hispida Horn. Santa Fe, on Argemone (C), La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.),
Las Valles (C), Pecos (C).
P. sp. Cloudcroft (V.).
Sapotes puncticollis Csy. Deming \\S\).
Cimbocera conspersa n. sp. Santa Fe (Fenyes), Tsuque (Fenyes), San
Ildefonso.
Otiorhynchus ovatus Lee. Santa Fe, abundant, of course introduced (C).
See Wickham, Societas Entoraologiea (Zurich), Dec, 1894, p. 13L
Thricolepis inornata Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts.. a vari-
ety (K.), Beulab (C), Pecos (C).
Elissa laticeps Casey. Alamogordo (V.). In Arizona at Tucson (H.and S.).
Tanymecus lacsena Hbst. Walnut Creek (S.).
Pandeletejus hilaris Hbst. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
P. rotundicollis n. sp. Common on scrub oak at Cloudcroft (K.j. Also taken
by Viereek.
P. cinereus Horn. Mesilla Valley (T.), Alamogordo (V.j, La Luz Canon (V.).
P. simplarius n. sp. Cloudcroft (K.).
Cyphus lautus Lee. Deming (S.).
Aramig-us tesselatus Say. Albuquerque l,W. ), Las Vegas (C).
Phacepholis elegans Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.).
P. Candida Horn. Walnut Creek (S.).
Cyphomlmus ocbreus n. sp. Common on scrub oak at Cloudcroft (K.).
Coleocerus marmoratus Horn. "Southern New Mexico" (cf. Townsend).
In Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
CURCULIONID^.
Sitones californicus Fah. Mesilla Valley (T.).
S. tibialis Hbst. Gallinas Canon (S.), Pecos (C).
S. lineellus Gyll. Cloudcroft (K.).
S. sp. Eociada (C).
Trichalophus arcuatus n. sp. Cloudcroft (V.), Beulah (C).
Lepidopborus lineaticollis Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Apion occidentale Fall. Mesilla Valley (C), Highrolls (V.).
A. acropbilum P^iU. Santa Fe (Fenyes).
A. tenuirostrum J. B. Smitb. Las Vegas, on Petalostemon (C), Santa Fe
Fenyes).
A. modestum J. B. Smith. Albuquerque (W.).
A. proclive Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
A. griseum J. B. Smitb. Tbornton (Fenyes).
A. varicorne J. B. Smitb. Las Vegas, on Petalostemon (C), Sta. Fe (Fenyes).
A. alternatum Fall. Albuquerque (W.).
A. nasutum Fall. Albuquerque (W.).
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A. segTiipes Say. Albuquerque 'W.).
A. decoloratutn J. B. Smith. Las Vegas (C).
A. solutum Fall. " New Mexico."
A. disparipes Fall. Santa Fe (Fenyes), Las Cruces (Hamilton collection),
Wootens (K.).
Phytonomus setig-erus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Lepyrus colon L. "New Mexico." •
Macrops vitticoUis Kirby. Albuquerque (W.).
M. hirtellus Dtz. Coolidge (W.).
M. -wickhami Dtz. Coolidge (W.).
M. sp. Las Vegas (C).
M. sp. Top of Las Vegas Range, 11,000 ft. (C).
M. sp. Santa Eosa (K.).
Pissodes strobi Peck. Ponil Canon, 9650 ft. (Miss Grace Eaton).
Lixus parous Lee. Las Vegas, det. Wickham (C).
L. Isesicollis Lee. Mesilla Valley (C), San Marcial (C).
Dinocleus ang-ularis Lee. " New Mexico" (Casey).
Cleonus (Stephanocleonus) plumbeus Lee. Top of Las Vegas Range,
11,000 ft. (C), Beulah, prox. 8000 ft. (C), Trucbas Peak, above timber line (W.
P. Cockerell). The only definite Colorado record for this species is La Junta,
on the plains at 4000 ft. This seems extraordinary, as in New Mexico it occurred
only from 8000 to 13,000 ft.
C. (Apleurus) pulvereus Lee. Santa Fe (C), Albuquerque (W.), Walnut
Creek (S.), Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (C), Pecos (C).
C. (Apleurus) lutulentus Lee. Santa Fe (Fendler).
C. grandirostris Casey. Coolidge (W.), Las Vegas (Casey).
C. canescens Lee. Las Vegas (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
C. trivittatus Say. Las Vegas, on Astragalus simiUans (C), Pecos (C).
G. frontalis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. quadrilineatus Chevrolat. Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge (W.).
C. vittatus Kirby. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Dorytomus brevisetosus Casey. Mesilla Park (C), Chicorico Canon, near
Raton, identity not certain (C), Albuquerque (C).
D. hispidus Lee. "New Mexico."
D. brevicollis Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
D. sp. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Procas lecontei Bedel. Walnut Creek (S.).
Desmoris constrictus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Me-
silla Valley (C), Sauta Fe (C), Pecos, on Helianthus annims (C), Wootens (K.),
San Ildefouso (Wheeler Survey).
D. sordidus Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Dietz).
D. fulvus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Mesilla Valley (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes),
Tsuque (Fenyes).
Smicronyx ovipennis Lee. Las Cruces, at flowers of Meiilutns indicuK (T.).
S. mucidus Dietz. "New Mexico" (cf. Dietz).
S. spretus Dietz. Wootens (K.). Alamogordo (V.), Cloudcroft (V., K.).
S. abnormis Dietz. "New Mexico" (cf. Dietz).
S. rufulus Dietz. "New Mexico" (cf. Dietz).
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214 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Synertha imbricata Casey. Las Vegas (C).
Phyllotrox nubifer Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Cloudcroft (C), Las Vegas
Hot Springs (B. and S.).
P. quadricollis u. sp. Clondcroft (V.), Beulah, on Carduus parryi (C), Las
Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
P. sp. Cloudcroft (V.).
Endalus limatulus Gyll. Albuquerque (W.), Santa Eosa (K.).
B. n. sp. ? Santa Eosa (K.).
Bag-ous sp. Las Vegas (C).
Otidocephalus vittatus Horn. Albuquerque (W.), Mesilla Valley (C),
Tularoso (C), Embudo (C. ), Mescalero (C).
O. nivosus Casey. Mesilla Valley, on Isocoma (C).
O. rbois u. sp. Eio Euidoso (T.). Beaten from Rhus glabra.
O. estriatus Casey. Beulah (Skinner, Beyer), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B_
and S ).
Magdalis cuneiformis Horn. Galliuas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
M. lecontei Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.), top of Las Vegas Eange, 11,000 ft.
(C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.), Sacramento Mts (K.).
M. gracilis Lee. var., or closely allied species. Pecos (C).
M. alutaceus Lee. (?). Sacramento Mts. (K.), Las Vegas (C), top of Las
Vegas Eange, 11,000 ft. (C).
Macrorhoptus estriatus Lee. Albuquerque (W.).
M. hispidus Dietz. Eoswell (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
Tachypterellus quadrigibbus Say. Walnut Creek (S.), Dripping Spring,
Organ Mts. (C). Tachypterellus n. n. is Tachypterus Dtz. (not Guer., 1838).
Anthonomus bolteri Dietz. " New Mexico."
A. sycophanta Walsh. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B.
and S.).
A. albopilosus Dietz. Albuquerque (W. ), Embudo, on Croton (C), Santa Fe
(Fenyes), Santa Eosa (K.).
A. Eeneolus Dietz. Mesilla, a gall supposed to be produced by this species,
but doubtful (C).
A. squamosus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Las Vegas (C), Pecos (C), Santa
Fe (Fenyes), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
A. tectus Lee. "New Mexico."
A. robustulus Lee. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
A. decipiens Lee. Beulah (Skinner).
A. canus Lee. Apache Spring, Socorro Co. (T.).
A. aflQnis Lee. " New Mexico."
A. nanus Lee. Albuquerque (W.), Las Vegas (C), Santa Fe (Fenyes), High-
rolls (V.).
A. lineatulus Dietz. Mesilla Valley (C).
A. heterogenus Dietz. Santa Fe (Fenyes), Las Cruees (Fall coll.).
A. sp. Eoswell (C).
A. sp. Beulah (C).
Pseudanthonomus validus Dietz. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S),
"New Mexico" (ef. Dietz).
Epimechus curvipes Dietz. "New Mexico."
E. nanulus n. sp. Albuquerque (Fall coll.).
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E. strag-ulus n. sp. Wootens (K.).
Elleschus ephippiatus Say. "New Mexico," Las Vegas Hot Springs (B.
auf) S.).
Hypaleschus atratus n. g., u. sp. Beulah (C, Skinner).
Orchestes nig-er Horn. Gallinas Canon (S.).
O. ruflpes V. minutus Horn. Pecos, on leaves of Salix (C).
Tychius simplex Casey. Alamogordo (V.).
T. setosus Leo. Mesilla Valley (T.), Alamogordo (V.). In Arizona at Tuc-
son (H. and S.).
T. subfasciatus Casey. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Lsemosaccus plag-iatus Fabr. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.),
Cloudcroft (V.).
Conotrachelus afflnis Boh. Coolidge (W.).
C. nivosus Ly. Las Vegas (C).
C. sp. near posticatus. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.). This is possibly
Casey's carinifer or integer.
Rhyssematus lineaticollis Say. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe (Fenyes).
R. pubescens Horn. San Augustine Ranch (C).
R. parvulus Casey. San Augustine Eanch (C), La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.).
R. pruinosus Boh. Mesilla Valley (C), San Augustine Ranch (C). In
Arizona at Tucson (H. and S. ).
Acalles turbidus Lee. Socorro (S.).
A. clathratus Lee. "New Mexico" (cf. Towusend).
A. indigens n. sp. Cloudcroft (W.).
Tyloderma baridium Lee. Beulah (Skinner list).
T. nigra Casey ( ^= sereum Say ?). Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Zascelis irrorata Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Cloudcroft (V.), Highrolls (V.),
Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Piazurus californicus Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Las Vegas Hot Springs
(B. and S.), Cloudcroft (V.).
Copturus (Cylindrocopturus) operculatus Say. Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. adspersus Lee. Albuquerque (W.). The insect reported from the Me-
silla Valley as adspersus var. was presumably cockerelli.
C. adspersils v. cocherelli Casey. Las Cruces (C).
Ceutorhynchus affluentus Dtz. Coolidge (W.).
C. notatulvis n. sp. Pecos (C).
C. decipiens Lee. Las Vegas (C).
C. aeratus Dietz. Sacramento Mts. (K.).
C. hornii Dietz. Alamogordo (V.).
C. pusio Mann. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulah (Skinner), Beulah, on Sophiu
incisa (C).
C. pauxillus Dietz. " New Mexico."
C. convexicollis Lee. "New Mexico" (ef. Dietz, 1896).
Pelenomus cavifrons Lee. Pecos (C).
Baris strenua Lee. Santa Fe (C), Gallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.).
B. striata Say. Mesilla Valley (C).
B. aprica Casey. Sacramento Mts., a variety (K.).
B. n. sp. (?) aff. macra. Cloudcroft (V.).
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216 AMERICAN COLEOPTKRA.
Stictobaris cribrata Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
S. subacuta Casey. Mesilla Park (C).
Onychobaris mystica Casey. "Southern New Mexico" (cf. Townsend). In
Arizona at Tucson (H. and S.).
O. ambigua Casey. Mesilla Park, identity doubtful (C).
O. distans Lee. "New Mexico." Also an undetermined sp. from Pecos (C).
Desmog-lyptus ci-enatus Lee. Lone Mtn., on Vitis (C).
Pseudobaris lugubris Casey. Albuquerque (W.).
P. cselata Casey. Albuquerque (W.).
Pycnobaris squamotecta Casey. Santa Eosa (K.).
Trichobaris texana Lee. Mesilla (C.),' Sacramento Mts. (K.).
T. trinotata Say. Mesilla Valley (C). (This was perhaps com^^ac/rt.)
T. compacta Casey. Mesilla, on Datura meteloides (C), Organ Mts. (T.).
Orthoris crotchii Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.). Pecos (C.)., In Arizona at
Tucson (H. and S.).
Centrinus neg-lectus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
C. exulans Casey. Gallup (W.).
C. acuminatus Casey. Mesilla Valley (C).
Calandrinus grandicollis Lee. Las Vegas (C), Wiegand Eanch, near Las
Vegas (C).
C. obsoletus Casey. Ancho (K.).
Limnobaris limbifer Casey. San Geronimo, identity doubtful (W. P. Ckll
and Mary ('ooperj.
Balaninus nanulus Casey. Las Vegas (Casey), Fillmore Canon, Organ Mts.
(C), La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.). The Organ Mts. insect is doubtfully referred
to nanulus; Mr. Schwarz was of the opinion that it belonged to B. obtusas Blanch.
B. uniformis Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
B. nasicus Say. Water Canon (S.).
B. strictus Casey. Las Vegas (Casey).
B. sulcatulus Casey. Las Vegas (Casey).
B. brevirostris Casey. Las Vegas (Casey).
B. sp. Beulah (C).
B. sp. S. W. Truchas Peak, above timber line (W. P. Ckll.), Cloudcroft (K.).
[There is little doubt that these last two species are identical with some of
those named above, and it is quite as probable that we have more names than
species.]
CALANDRID^.
Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyll. North of Silver City (C), Grant Co.
(Howard), La Cueva, Organ Mts. (T.).
Rhodobsenus tridecimpunctatus 111. Albuquerque (W.), Roswell (C),
San Ildefonso (Wheeler Surv.).
R. pusculosus Gyll. Walnut Creek (S.), Grant Co. (Howard).
Sphenophorus vomerinus Lee. Gallup (W.), Albuquerque (C).
S. ulkei Horn. Santa Fe Canon (S.), Santa Fe (C). Coolidge (W.),Las Vegas
(C), Beulah (C), Las Vegas Hot Springs (C).
S. callosus 01. Grant Co., injuring corn (cf. Chittenden, Yearbook of Dept.
Agr. for 1904, p. 601), also injuring corn on Gila River.
S. neomexicanus Chitt. Albuquerque (Soltau).
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S. reticulaticoUls Bohem. Albuquerque (Soltau).
S. fallii Chitt. Santa Fe.
S. sp. Santa Rosa (K.)-
Calandra oryzse L. Mesilla (C).
C. remotepunctata Gyll. Between Santa Fe and Fort Wingate (Wheeler
Survey).
C. granaria L. Mesilla Valley (C).
Cossonus subareatus Boh. Beulah, identity doubtful (Skinner).
C. concinnus Boh. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.), Eagle Creek
(T.), Beulah (Skinner).
C. crenatus Horn. Cloudcroft (K.).
Parahornia quercicola Horn. Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
Rhyncholus brunneus Maun. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
R. nimius Casey. Las Vegas (Casey), Las Vegas Hot Springs (B. and S.).
The last mentioned insect is perhaps not tiimius, though agreeing well with the
description. It is scarcely at all difiFerent from Californian examples of orego-
nensis, and it may be that nimius is only a synonym of the latter.
SCOLYTIDu3B.
Onathotrichus sulcatus [Hopk. MS. ?] Beulah (Skinner).
G. retusus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
G. materiarius Fitch. Cloudcroft (V.).
Pityophthorus carinulatus Lee. Las Vegas (C).
P. carinulatus v. hamatiis Lee. Coolidge (W.).
P. nitidulus Mann. Top of Las Vegas Range, 11,000 ft. (C), Cloudcroft (K.),
Cloudcroft, identity doubtful (V.).
P. sp. Cloudcroft (V.).
P. puncticollis Lee. Walnut Creek (S.)-
P. n. sp. Lone Mtn., breeding in walnut bark (C).
Xyloterus lmeatu.s Oliv. Gallinas Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
X. scabricollis Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
Dryocoetes septentrionis Mann. Pouil Canon (Miss Grace Eaton).
Xyleborus xylographus Say. Walnut Creek (S.).
Xylocleptes cucurbits Lee. Mesilla, in dead stems of Cucnrbita fwtidis-
Kima (C).
Tomicus calligraphus Germ. Beulah (Skinner).
T. plastographus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Coolidge (W.), Sacramento
Mts. (K.), Cloudcroft (V.), Beulah (Skinner), Las Vegas Hot Springs, identity
doubtful (C).
T. integer Eich. New Mexico (cf. Hopkins).
T. rectus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Beulah (Skinner).
T. oregoni Eich. Las Vegas, det. Hopkins (Lawrence Tamme).
Scolytus unispinosus Lee. Cloudcroft, identity doubtful (V.).
S. californicus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.).
S. preeceps Lee. Sacramento Mts. (K.), Beulah (Skinner).
S. sp. Alaraogordo (V.), Cloudcroft.
Chramesus icorise Lee. Coolidge (W.).
Polygraphus rufipennis Kirby. Beulah (Skinner).
PhlcBOtribus liminaris Harris. Santa Fe (C), Mesilla Valley, a variety (C).
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218 AMERICAN COLEOPTEKA.
Hylesinus aculeatus Say. Coolidge (W.).
PhlcBosinus serratus Lee. ? Pecos (C).
Dendroctonus valens Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Santa
F6 Canon (S.), Sacramento Mts. (K.), Coolidge (W.), Rio Ruidoso (T.), Eagle
Creek (T.), Cloudcroft (V.), Beulah (Skinner).
D. similis Lee. Gallinas Canon, a variety (S.), Walnut Creek (S.), Sacramento
Mts. (K.).
D. simplex Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.).
D. piceaperda Hopk. var. Cloudcroft (V.).
D. piceaperda v. engelmanni Hopk. To]) of Las Vegas Range 11,000 ft. (C).
D. parallelocollis approximatus Dietz. " New Mexico." Breeds in Pmits.
Cloudcroft (V.).
D. ponderosse Hopk. Near Vermejo (Hopkins, Bull. 56, Bureau of Ent. p. 7).
Hylastes long-us Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Albuquerque (W.), Coolidge
(W.), Gallup (W.).
H. gracilis Lee. Santa Fe Canon (S.).
H. sp. Rio Ruidoso (T.J.
H. n. sp. Benlah (Skinner), Cloudcroft (V.).
Hylurgops rug-lpennis Mann. Gallinas Canon (S.), Santa Fe Canon (S.),
Coolidge iW.), Cloudcroft (K.).
H. subcostulatus Mann. Sacramento Mts. (K.J, Beulah (Skinner), Cloud-
croft (V.).
ANTHRIBID^.
Allandrus bifasciatus Lee. Gallinas Canon (S.), Harvey Ranch, Las Vegas
Range (Ruth Raynolds), Sacramento Mts. (K.).
Brachy tarsus grlseus Lee. Wootens (K.). In Arizona at Tucson (H.
and S.).
Anthribulus rotundatus Lee. Coolidge (W.).
DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES
BY H. C. FALL.
In the following pages descriptions have been drawn up of as
many of the new species as it was possible to fix the standing of
with reasonable certainty. There still remain numerous forms,
some unquestionably new, others of doubtful status, a full investiga^
tion of which is not now practicable. A number of allied species,
chiefly from adjacent or other regions of the southwest, have been
included for the sake of concentration of treatment.
CARABID^.
Tacliys cockerelli n. sp.— Elongate, moderately convex, uniformly pale
rufous in color. Prothorax sliglitly wider at base tlian at apex, the posterior
transverse impression not tripunctate. Elytra with three well-marked striae and
more or less evident traces of a fourth and fifth ; the outer ones more abbreviated
as usual and all completely impunetate. Length 2-2.5 mm.
FALL AND COCKERELL. 219
■ New Mexico (Ronieroville). Numerous specimens taken by Prof.
Cockerel], to whom it giv^es me pleasure to dedicate the species.
By Hayward's table cockerelli would fall next to dolosus, from
which it differs by its slightly darker color, more transverse pro-
thorax and pluri-striate elytra. The posterior dorsal puncture seems
uniformly farther behind the middle of the elytra than in dolosus.
STAPHYLINID^.
Staphyliniii!) ino«IestiiS n. sp. — Most nearly allied to fossator and cinnu-
mopterus, with the latter of which it agrees closely in form and size. The color
is nearly uniformly black in mature specimens, the tihise and tarsi brownish, but
in some examples the elytra are in part obscurely ferruginous. Head subtrian-
gular, nearly equal in width to the prothorax. sides feebly convergent in front ;
prothorax not at all narrowed anteriorly, densely not coarsely punctate and with
only a slight trace of a smooth median line near the hind margin. Abdomen
without well-defined double line of velvety spots, which are, however, very
faintly indicated in some specimens. Length 11-12 mm. ; width 2.25-2.5 mm.
New Mexico, Santa Fe (Fenyes), and Las Vegas (Cockerell).
As compared with fossator, modestus is a distinctly smaller and
more slender species, the sculpture a little finer, median smooth line
of pronotum almost completely wanting, sides of prothorax more
nearly straight and not at all convergent in front (usually more or
less obviously so in fossator), elytra entirely without violaceous tint
or apical spots. From cinnamopterus, modestus differs in its finer,
much denser punctuation of the prothorax, as well as in color.
Tomentosus is also nearly allied, but in this the color is perfectly
black throughout, the pubescence blacker, and the velvety spots on
the upper surface of the abdomen are conspicuous.
ElJyESTHETlJS Grav.
The discovery of a species of this genus at Las Vegas by Prof.
Cockerell is notable as being the first instance of its occurrence in
the Rocky Mountain region. The species are all minute, difficult
to separate, because of the lack of salient characters, and are poorly
represented in the majority of collections. The .species described
below is one of the largest in the genus, being equaled in size only
hy pun'ctulatus according to Casey's measurements, and there can be
little doubt that it is quite distinct from any of the eastern species. ■
E. neoniexieaiins n. sp.— Form rather robust, color uniformly rufocasta-
neous above, the metasternum darker. Head across the eyes subequal in width
to the prothorax, the latter of the usual form and widest slightly in advance of
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220 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
the middle. Elytral suture just visibly shorter than the prothorax, the sides a
little divergent posteriorly. Abdomen at base subequal in width to the elytra,
the margin quite strong on the fourth segment, but very fine on the fifth. Head
and prothorax shining, the punctures moderate in size, distinct on the latter by
about their own diameters on the average, closer on the head except along the
median line. Elytra a little dull, very finely and sparsely punctate, the punc-
tures barely visible in the sutural region. Abdomen finely alutaceous and dull,
excessively minutely puuctulate. Length 1.5-1.6 mm.
Described from one pair ( ^ , $ ) taken at Las Vegas in February.
Following the characters used in Casey's table, neomexicanus
would stand with similis and miindulus, both of which are smaller
and more slender. In similis the sides of the elytra are strongly
divergent, the border of the fifth ventral is said to be strong and
the metasternum is concolorous with the remainder of the lower
surface. In mundulus the lateral border of both the fourth and
fifth segments is nearly obsolete. Both similis and mundulus occur
in the extreme eastern part of the country.
Heterothops niediocris n. sp.— Testaceous, head darker. Head nar-
row ; eyes moderate, distance from their posterior margin to the nuchal constric-
tion less than twice their length; setigerous punctures of the sides of the head
as in occidentis, viz. — one at the middle of the upper margin of the eye, another
below the posterior margin of the eye, about halfway between it and the infra-
orbital ridge, and two others arranged transversely near the nuchal constriction.
Antenufe nearly as in occidentis, the third joint about two-thirds as long as the
second, eleventh as long as the two preceding. Form slightly stouter, but other-
wise nearly as in occidentis. Length 2 mm.
Described from three closely similar examples — 2 1 's, 1 9 —
taken by Barber and Schwarz at Las Vegas Hot Springs, and by
the writer at Riverside, California
This species is intermediate between pusio and occidentis. As
compared with pusio it is a little smaller and evidently less stout,
quite diflferent in color, with smaller eyes, and with no setigerous
puncture at the postero-superior margin of the latter. As conipared
with occidentis the form is a trifle less slender, the color is similar
except for the darker head of the present species, and the eyes are
much larger, these being abnormally small in occidentis. Tlie last
ventral of the male is deeply triangularly emarginate, the notch
nearly as deep as wide, the sides nearly straight, and with well
defined outer angles.
Neoniedon piciventre n. sp. — Robust, subdepressed, reddish-brown,
the abdomen blackish. Head large, transversely cjuadiate behind the eyes, the
sides parallel, the hind angles narrowly rounded ; base sinuato-truiicate ; surface
FALL AND COCKKRELL. 221
distinctly alutaceous, with rather coarse rounded punctures which are separated
by about their own diameters. Prothorax slightly narrower than the head,
obviously transverse, sides straight and moderately convergent behind ; sculp-
ture similar to that of the head, except that the punctures are somewhat finer ;
median line narrowly smooth and Very finely subobsoletely sulcate. Elytra sub-
equal in width to the head, evidently longer than wide, surface scarcely at all
alutaceous, the punctures finer and less close than on the prouotum. Abdomen
very finely but not closely punctate. Length 6 mm.; width 1.4 mm.
Described from a single pair taken at Cloudcroft by Mr. Knaus.
The male type has the sixth ventral broadly feebly emarginate.
This species must be closely related to arizonense Csy., to which I
refer a specimen taken by Towusend in the White Mountains (New
Mexico). This latter is larger, with head and prothorax blackish
like the abdomen, and the third antennal joint is fully twice as long
as the second and distinctly constricted at middle. In piciventre
the third joint is distinctly less than twice as long as the second and
not at all constricted.
Stilictis ubiitiis n. sp. — Piceous, the extreme apical margin of the elytra
obscurely paler; legs and antennae rufotestaceous. Head dull, the punctures
dense, rather coarse, and more or less longitudinally confluent; beneath coarsely
densely punctate ; sides parallel for a short distance behind the eyes, then broadly
rounded ; base truncate ; labral teeth very long and acute. Prothorax, as defined
by the angles, subquadrate, thesides just visibly converging posteriorly; surface
densely confluently punctate, median line finely canaliculate. Elytra just visibly
longer than the prothorax, equal in width to the head, the punctuation rather
fine and not close, surface moderately shining. Abdomen finely sparsely punc-
tate and somewhat shining. Length 4 mm.
Beulah, May 3 (Cockerell).
The type is a male, having the fifth ventral segment unmodified,
the sixth with a subtriangular emargiuatiou which is somewhat
wider than deep, and narrowly rounded at apex. The species is
related to rudis in sculpture, but has a very differently shaped head.
Palaminus amplipeiinis n. sp. — Yellowish testaceous, the abdomen
slightly darker. Size, sculpture and vestiture throughout nearly as in P. testa-
ceus, from which and all previously described forms it differs in its broader and
longer elytra; these being one-half wider than the prothorax and about twice as
long.
Pecos. Collected by Prof. Cockerell.
The type is doubtless a female, and has the terminal ventral seg-
ment completely devoid of any trace of an emargination. It should
stand near normalis, which of all our species approaches it most
nearly in size of elytra.
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222 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
COCCINELLID^.
Hyperawpis liieinatosticta n. sp. — Broadly oblong-oval, black; bead,
front margin of prothorax very narrowly, and side margin more broadly, yellow ;
elytra with median and snbapical spot — tlie latter sometimes wanting — red. The
discal spot is rounded or broadly oval and is almost exactly at the middle of the
length, but is nearer the suture than the side margin, the distance from the
suture being less, and that from the margin greater than its own width. The
subapical spot is smaller, nearly equally distant from the suture and apex. Sides
of ventral segments narrowly yellow ; legs black in the female, the front ones in
great part pale in the male. Length 3-3.5 mm. ; width 2.2-2.4 mm.
Santa Fe. Three examples taken by Dr. Fenyes.
This species resembles a large signata, but the latter i.s relatively
broader and more rounded, rather more coarsely punctured, and
with the median spot slightly more anterior in position and nearer
the margin than the suture.
CUCUJIDiE.
IVartheciiiS moiiticola n. sp. — Head, including the mandibles, dis-
tinctly longer than wide and subequal in length to the prothorax ; surface feebly
shining and minutely sparsely puuctulate, occiput very broadly feebly impressed
with a fine line at middle half the length of the head; supraorbital ridges ex-
tending behind the eye a distance which is obviously less than the length of the
eye; the distance from the eye to the nuchal constriction barely equal to the
diameter of the eye. Antennae reaching fully to the middle of the prothorax,
the basal joint short and stout, but little longer than wide; median process of
epistoma narrowly, parabolic, the apex subtruncate. Prothorax of the usual
form, surface dull and sparsely very finely punctulate, the punctures nearly even
in size and distribution ; disk vaguely broadly impressed along the median line.
Elytra distinctly longer than the head and thorax together, without visible
sculpture other than the fine costse. Length 2.5 mm.
Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. Knaus at Cloud-
croft (9000 ft.). This species is, by the form of the epistoma, allied
to breviceps Casey and should precede that species in the table given
by Casey— Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., V, 1890, p. 322. The larger
size, longer head, and relatively longer elytra of the present species
should easily distinguish it,
Nai'tliecius Miriaticeps n. sp.^Head without the mandibles equal in
length to the prothorax and plainly longer than wide; epistomal process bifid;
froTit finely punctate, the entire surface posterior to the base of the antenna?
rather strongly longitudinally strigose ; occiput not at all impressed ; supraorbital
ridge extending behind the eye a distance scarcely equal to the diameter of the
latter; nuchal constriction feeble, distant from the eye about one-third more
than its diameter. Antennte nearly attaining the middle of the prothorax, basal
joint much longer than wide. Prothorax narrowed behind as usual, disc a little
FALL AND COCKERELL. 223
flattened along the median line, punctuation moderately close and rather fine,
the punctures tending to coalesce in short rugffi toward the anterior angles.
Elytra almost exactly equal in length to the head and prothorax united ; punc-
tures between the costffi very fine but usually evident. No sexual differences
are detectable in the numerous examples seen. Length 2.5-3.3 mm.
This is the species referred to as grandiceps in my list of the
Coleoptera of Southern California. The latter species was described
from Pennsylvania, and is quite surely distinct if correctly defined
by Casey. The five species now known to us may be separated as
follows :
Median apical process of epistoma bifid at apex.
Head longitudinally strigose or aciculate, and more or less evidently longer
than the prothorax.
Antenna scarcely as long as the head ; nuchal constriction distant from the
eye by nearly twice the length of the latter, elytra shorter than the
head and prothorax together (Pennsylvania) grandiceps.
Antennae plainly though not greatly longer than the head ; nuchal constric-
tion distant from the eye by less than one and one-half times the
diameter of the latter; elytra equal in length to the head and thorax
together (Southern California) striaticeps.
Head not strigose and shorter than the prothorax ; elytra longer than the head
and prothorax together (Middle California) simulator.
Median apical process of epistoma truncate or subtruncate at apex.
Head subequal in length to the prothorax ; elytra longer than the head and
prothorax together; punctuation very fine (New Mexico).
inonticola.
Head shorter than the prothorax ; elytra equal in length to the head and pro-
thorax together; punctuation stronger (Florida) breviceps.
NrriDULIDiE.
Epuriea alticola n. sp.-Broadly obtusely oval, pale rufotestaceous, shin-
ing sparsely pubescent. Head moderately punctate, the punctures separated by
about their own diameters. Anteunte rufotestaceous, club slightly darker ; third
joint scarcely twice as long as wide, fourth and fifth equal and slightly longer
than wide, sixth as wide as long, seventh and eighth transverse, the latter strongly
so; club broadly oval, its first and last joints subequal in length, each about two-
fifths the entire length of the club ; antennal grooves confluent behind, not very
sharply impressed. Thorax about twice as wide as its length on the median line,
widest a little before the ba.se, sides thence broadly arcuate and convergent to
apical angles; j.ust visibly sinuate before the hind angles, which are sharply de-
fined and slightly obtuse; disk evenly not very closely punctate, side margins
rather broadly reflexed. Elytra scarcely one-sixth longer than wide, sides feebly
arcuate apex broadlv truncate and subequal in width to the base, side margins
rather narrowly reflexed; punctuation similar to that of the head and thorax.
Beneath moderately closely punctate ; intercoxal process broad, obtuse. Length
2.5 mm. ; width 1.5 mm.
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224 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Described from a single male taken by Prof. Cockerell at an alti-
tude of 11, 000 ft. in the Las Vegas Range.
There are no apparent sexual modifications of the legs, but the
first ventral bears at the middle two longitudinal parallel lines of
erect hairs, a character which will at once distinguish the present
species from any other in our fauna ; the truncation of the elytra is
also more pronounced than in any other species known to me. Alti-
cola may follow ovata in Horn's table.
MONOTOMID^.
Europs !«triatulus n. sp. — Form of ion^icoZZis but smaller aud somewhat
paler in color; anteunal club subequal iu length to the six preceding joints united
(about equal to the four preceding in longicollis). Head and prothorax less closely
but relatively quite as coarsely punctate as in longicollis; tenipora about one-third
the diameter of the eye ; prothorax just visibly narrower posteriorly, punctuation
sparser along the median line which is, however, not at all impressed; elytia
very finely striate, the strife finely punctate, interspaces relatively wider than in
longicollis. Beneath very sparsely punctate, the punctures rather coarse on the
sterna, but quite minute on the abdomen. Length 2 mm.
A single example, collected by Mr. Knaus at Cloudcroft, is all
that is known to me of this quite distinct species. It may be at
once known from either of our two previously described species by
its small size and finely striate elytra. In neither pallipennis nor
longicollis are the elytra truly striate, the rows of punctures merely
occupying at most very feebly defined grooves.
Since writing the above, other examples have been seen, collected
by Barber and Schwarz at Las Vegas Hot Springs. Some of these
specimens are larger than the above measurement.
BYRRHID^.
Pedilopliorus subsetosus n. sp. — Broadly nearly evenly elliptical,
greenish-bronzed, shining, vestitute moderately plentiful but not dense, consist-
ing of subrecumbent pale hairs, numerously interspersed throughout with short
slightly coarser less inclined pale setae, which are rather inconspicuous, but
plainly evident in profile, especially on the elytral declivity. Antennfe black,
gradually clavate as usual, the seventh joint about as wide as long. Entire upper
surface uniformly punctate, the punctures a little sparser on the vertex, but else-
where separated by about their own diameters. Sides of prothorax straight,,
faintly sinuate at middle, angles acute. Entire lower surface including the legs
piceous, densely, quite coarsely puuctate; tarsi not lobed. Length 41 mm..;
width 2 4-5 mm.
Kalispell, Montana (Wickham).
This species by its non- lobed tarsi would be associated with aneo-
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lus Lee, with which, so far as can be judged by LeCoute's brief de-
scription, it agrees fairly well in other characters, except in form ot
body, which is said to be obliquely attenuate in front and obtusely
rounded behind in (eneolus. In his short but comprehensive review
of the North American species of Pedilophorus (Can. Ent., June,
1903, p. 179 >, Mr. Wickham refers his specimens doubtfully to
ceneolus, but if LeCoute's description is trustworthy I think they
must be regarded as distinct.
Pedilophorus subciipreus n. sp.— Broadly oblong-elliptical, flaik
cupieo-teueous, pubescence very short, fine, sparse and recumbent. Head
coarsely rather closely punctate thronghout. Prothorax with sides nearly
straight, hind angles distinctly acute, front angles only slightly less than right;
surface more finely and sparsely punctured than the head, the punctures distant
from two to four times their own diameters at the middle, becoming closer and
slightly larger at sides; a distinct foveiform depression within the hind angles.
Elytra punctured like the thorax. Beneath piceous, densely punctate and pubes-
cent as usual ; third tarsal joint lobed. Length 5.6 mm. ; width 3.3 mm.
Washingt<m (Aberdeen). A single specimen.
This species should come between acuminatus and oblongus m
Wickham' s table. It is larger and relatively wider than oblongus,
and differs from acuminatus in not being at all acuminate posteriorly
and in its finer punctuation. The ventral punctures in acuminaiiis
are conspicuously coarser and less numerous, there being only two
or three punctures in the length of a segment, while in subatpreus
there are about six.
Pedilophorus lateralis n. sp.— Moderately broadly oblong-elliptical,
blackish, with feeble green-bronze lustre, shining, clothed with recumbent black
hairs, which l)ecome predominantly mingled with white and brown laterally,
inclosing at the sides of the elytra a conspicuous dark spot. Antenna; black,
sixth joint as wide as long, seventh distinctly transverse, eighth to tenth strongly
transverse. Head moderately closely strongly punctate, a smooth spot at the
middle of the vertex, but no frontal fovea. Prothorax nearly as wide as the
elytra, sides nearly straight, angles acute, surface deeply but not coarsely punc-
tate, the punctures separated by a little more than their own diameters at the
middle, becoming slightly larger and clo.ser laterally. Elytra with sides parallel
and very feebly arcuate in basal two-thinls, punctuation similar to that of the
thorax.' Beneath rufopiceous, densely rather coarsely punctate, with recumbent
ochreo-cinereous pubescence; tarsi not lobe. Length 4 mm. ; width 2 2.5 mm.
Described from a single example taken by Prof. Cockerell near
Las Vegas (head of Daily Canon), June.
This also by its simple tarsi is allied to ceneolus, but differs con-
spicuously from both it and subsefosus by its differently colored and
disposed vestiture.
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226 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
PARNID^E.
Elniis pecoseiisis n. sp.— Elongate-ovate, distinctly wider behind, black,
shining, with very faint violaceous lustre, tarsi pale. Antennse entirely testa-
ceous, last three joints equal in length to thesis preceding. Prothorax wider
than long, sides convergent from the basal angles, before which they aie faintly
sinuate, broadly rounded at basal third, thence more strongly convergent to the
acute apical angles; disk evenly feebly convex without median channel, moder-
ately strongly punctured, the punctures separated by their own diameters or
slightly more; basal plica parallel with the margin and nearly attaining the
middle ; sides exterior to the plica subrugose. Elytra slightly more than one-half
longer than wide, at base very little wider than the prothorax, humeri small but
evident, sides diverging to apical two-fifths, striai distinctly though not deeply
impressed, punctures rather strong; interstices feebly convex, evidently but
sparsely irregularly punctate. Beneath rufopiceous, densely ochreo-cinereous,
sericeous pubescent. Length 2.5 mm.; width 1.1 mm.
Pec(ts. One example (Cockerell).
Of the described species this is apparently nearest to corpulentus
Lee. The latter from the description is of stouter build, greenish-
black, the prothorax scarcely punctate and feebly channeled, the
antennae blackish at tip, legs testaceous. All other species allied to
the present one have the elytra maculate, except divergens, which is
distinctly different by its more parallel form and greenish-black color.
The maculation of the elytra is probably not entirely constant, at
least one example thus marked is associated with the otherwise uni-
formly colored corpulentun.
Elniis addfndus n. sp.— Moderately stout, subovate, black, shining,
scarcely at all pubescent. Antennae testaceous, last joint becoming piceous at
apes; ninth similar to the eighth and scarcely larger; eleventh as long as the
two preceding united and just visibly wider. Prothorax distinctly transverse,
sides nearly parallel in basal third, faintly sinuate before the hind angles, broadly
rounded and convergent anteriorly; lateral elevated line extending from base to
apex, disk between the carinse finely punctate, feebly transversely impressed
before the middle, punctures distant from two to three times their own diame-
ters; spaces between the carinae and side margin opaque, punctures not defined,
an oblique carina extending forward from the hind angles for about two-fifths
the thoracic length. Elytra wider behind, striae evidently imi)ressed and rather
strongly punctured, intervals minutely sparsely punctulate. Lower surface
paler, pubescent and finely punctate as usual; legs rufous. Length 2.25 mm.;
width 1.2 mm.
Pecos. Two examples (Cockerell).
The tips of the humeral umbones are dull rufous in one example,
but it is not likely that the elytra ever become truly maculate.
From the described species having entire thoracic carinse and
shinino- surface, the present differs in the absence of lateral elevated
lines on the elytra. It should precede glaher on our lists.
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Elmis aiitennatus n. sp.-Stout, ovate, black, feebly bronzed, sbining,
sparsely oehreo-pubescent, tbe alternate elytral intervals more distinctly so.
Antennae testaceous, becoming piceous at tip ; 10-jointed, first and second joints
stouter, third twice as long as wide, 4-7 feebly obconic and slightly longer than
wide; 8-10 forming a distinct club not quite as long as the five preceding joints;
eighth joint similar in form to the seventh but larger, ninth about as wide as
long, tenth elongate-oval, pointed. Prothorax a little wider than long, sides
rather strongly convergent from the base, broadly rounded at middle and some-
what sinuate "both before and behind; hind angles slightly acute, front angles
strongly so; disk distinctly channeled at middle, basal plica moderate, not
reaching the middle, side margins narrowly granose, punctuation very fine and
sparse, punctures distant from three to five times their own diameter. Elytra
broadly subovate, striae slightly impressed and moderately punctured; inter-
spaces broad, nearly flat, sparsely punctulate. Beneath pale, finely densely
pubescent. Legs testaceous, the thighs darker. Length 2.75 mm. ; width L4 mm.
Described from two examples taken at Beulah in August by
Prof. Cockerell. In both specimens the last ventral segment is
broadly emarginate at apex, possibly a male character.
This is the first species to be made known with 10-jointed an-
tennae. The structure otherwise seems closely in agreement in all
essentials with typical Ebnis.
ELATERID^.
L.inionius sinuifrons n. sp.— Dark brown, shining; pubescence gray-
ish, moderately conspicuous. Antennae surpassing by two joints the hind angles
of the prothorax; second and third joints small, the third very slightly longer
and more triangular; fourth joint widest, about twice as long and nearly twice
as wide as the third, outer angle acute. Head closely strongly punctate, front
broadly concave, margin well produced, rather deeply sinuate at middle, feebly
reflexed laterally. Prothorax longer than wide, moderately narrowed in front,
sides feebly arcuate, faintly sinuate before the hind angles. Surface strongly
closely punctate at sides, the punctures becoming a little smaller and more re-
mote at middle, where they are separated from one to two times their own diam-
eters; hind angles short, scarcely divergent, carinate. Elytra finely striate,
striae 'finely punctate, intervals rather wide, flat on the disk, a little convex later-
ally, numerously finely punctate. Beneath strongly and closely punctate ante-
riorly, more sparsely on the metasternum and abdomen : flanks of prothorax
beneath without trace of smooth space posteriorly; first joint of hind tarsi much
shorter than the next two. Length 113 mm. ; width 3i mm.
Arizona (Williams). A single example is before me collected by
Barber and Schwarz.
This species is about the size of an average griseus, but is a trifle
more slender, with less conspicuous pubescence, longer antennae, with
a much greater disparity between the third and fourth joints.
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228 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
AtliOii»« niigsilis u. sp. — Brown or piceous-brown, extreme margins of
clypeus, prothorax— especially the hind angles — and elytra including the suture,
more or less evidently hut indefinitely paler; antennse, legs and margins of ven-
tral segments more obviously paler; pubescence short, brownish-gray, rather
inconspicuous; form moderately slender. Antennse (male) about two and one-
half joints longer than the prothorax, second joint one-third as long as the third,
the latter slightly but visibly longer than the fourth; third and fourth joints
widest, the latter three-fourths as wide as long. Head strongly closely punc-
tured, front moderately deeply impressed. Prothorax about one-fifth longer
than wide, base but little wider than the apex, sides very broadly arcuate, a little
sinuate before the hind angles, which are short and scarcely or but sligthly di-
vergent; surface polished and closely punctate, the punctures rather coarse, dis-
tinctly umbilicate and nearly in mutual contact at sides; a little finer at middle,
where they are separated as a rule by from one-quarter to three-quarters their
own diameters; hind angles carinate. Elytra finely striate, interspaces nearly
flat and finely punctate. Punctuation and pubescence beneath as usual ; first
joint of hind tarsus nearly equal to the next three ; tarsal lobes very small and
indefinite. Length 10-12 mm. ; width 2.8-3.3 mm.
Southern California— San Bernardino Mts. and e].«ewhere in the
Southern Sierras and adjacent foothills.
The above description is drawn from the male, the female differ-
ing in the usual way, viz. : the somewhat broader form, more con-
vex prothorax, with sides more strongly rounded, and the shorter
antennse.
Structurally nugalis is very close to what I have interpreted as
nigripilis Mots. The latter is entirely black or very nearly so, the
form slightly stouter, the frontal impression more sharply defined
and more obviously triangular in outline, the prothorax with a very
narrow, incomplete, smooth, median line, which is never at all indi-
cated in nugalis. Nigripilis is a common species in the coast
region from the vicinity of San Francisco to Oregon, and probably
farther north. Specimens in my collection from Kaweah and Yose-
mite are doubtfully referred to nugalis. These in their darker color
and form approach nigripilis. Others from Sylvania are equally
puzzling, but are for the present placed with nigripilis. It is prob-
able that one or two distinct but closely allied species are here
involved, but their definition is not possible witli the material at
hand.
AtliOUK recHcollis n. sp. — Similar to the preceding, except in following
particulars: antennse more slender, the fourth joint but slightly more than half
as wide as long, frontal impression deeper and more sharply defined, distinctly
triangular in outline; prothorax narrower, the sides not in the least arcuate at
middle, straight or just visibly sinuate from the hind angles almost to the ante-
rior margin ; punctuation coarser and a little less close than in nugidis.
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229
California, Tuolumne Co. and Lake Tahoe.
The type is a male from the first named locality. Two females
from Lake Tahoe are associated with some confidence. They have
the coarser pronotal punctuation as in the type, and the sides of the
prothorax, while somewliat arcuate, are less strongly so than in
females of nugalis.
AthOM»« xpeoiilifer n. sp.— This name is proposed for a small black spe-
cies agreeing very nearly in all respects with nigripilis, hut differing from it and
every other species of Athotis known to me in having an oval polished impunc-
tatearea on each side the median line of the prothorax. These impunctate
areas are a little in advance of the middle, occupy a little less than one-third the
pronotal length and are separated by about their own width, the space between
them and elsewhere being normally closely punctate. Length 9.5 mm. ; width
2.5 mm.
Tacoma, Washington. A single example collected by myself in
July.
The third tarsal joint is produced in a short narrow lobe; fourth
joint not distinctly lobed.
.4thous qiiadricollis n. sp.— Moderately slender, piceous-brown, an-
tennffi and lower surface somewhat paler; pubescence pale, moderately plentiful.
Second joint of antennae about two-thirds the length of the third, the latter two-
thirds as long as the fourth ; fourth joint widest, nearly twice as wide as the
third and about two-thirds as wide as long, outer angle rounded. Front broadly
concave from side to side, head closely punctate. Prothorax as wide as long or
virtually so, widest with the sides very broadly rounded just behind the middle,
very feebly sinuate posteriorly, the angles scarcely at all divergent; straight and
just visibly sinuate anteriorly; surface rather finely punctate, the punctures
simple and separated by from one to two or more times their own diameters at
the middle, a little closer laterally, becoming umbilicate only near the margins;
hind angles with a very short fine carina. Elytra and lower surface about as
usual. First joint of hind tarsi evidently longer than the next two ; third joint
with a moderately developed broad lobe ; fourth joint not lobed. Length Hi mm.
(California (Lake Tahoe) ; one male.
A second male from an unrecorded locality has the pronotum
minutely longitudinally strigulose and with a fine median impressed
line; this sculpture is unusual and perhaps accidental. The short
prothorax, form of frontal impression, and relative dimensions of
joints 2-4 of the antennse distinguish this species at once from any
of the preceding.
Athoiis palpalis n. sp.— Dark form, elytra slightly paler, pubescence
pale, conspicuous. Similar to quadricollis in its broadly impressed front and in
aute'nnal formation, joints 2-4 increasing in length, the fourth much wider than
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tlie third. Prothorax about one-tenth longer than wide, finely, simply punctate
throughout, the punctures separated by about their own diameters laterally,
scarcely finer and separated by from one to three times their diameters at mid-
dle; median line vaguely impressed throughout, hind angles not distinctly oari-
nate. Terminal joint of maxillary palpi more slender than usual, the arcuately
oblique apical edge much shorter than the inner side. Third and fourth tarsal
joints with narrow feeble lobes. Length 10 mm. ; width 2.5 mm.
Oregon (Medford) ; one example, apparently a male.
A second specimen from Humboldt Co., California (Van Dyke),
is paler in color and more slendei% but agrees otherwise. In all the
other species of the genus examined by me the oblique apical edge
of the last joint of the maxillary palpi is as long as or even longer
than the inner side.
Athoiis discors n. sp. — Slender, blackish, legs piceous to rufous, elytra
moderately shining, prothorax dull from the density of the punctuation ; pubes-
cence fusco-cinereous, well developed. Antennae rather stout, the terminal joint
passing the hind angles of the prothorax, second and third joints small, equal in
width, the latter only slightly longer; fourth joint much longer and wider than
the third. Front broadly concave, the apical margin not distinctly reflexed, sur-
face densely deeply punctate. Prothorax a little longer than wide, slightly nar-
rowed in front, sides very feebly arcuate behind the middle, nearly straight
anteriorly; hind angles not carinate; surface densely, moderately, coarsely
punctate throughout, median line vaguely impressed posteriorly. Elytral striae
well impressed, interspaces numerously quite strongly punctate. Beneath punc-
tate and pubescent as usual ; first joint of hind tarsi equal to the next two; sec-
ond and third joints without trace of lobes. Length 8-9 mm.
Southern California (Pomona; Mt. Wilson; Santa Monica).
A small dull blackish species, not at all closely allied to any other
known to me. In its less strongly projecting non reflexed frontal
margin it diverges from the typical Athoiis and approaches rather
closely those species of Corymbites (e. g. joculus and hreiceri), in
which, contrary to the prevailing form, the front has a free, acute,
though narrow, margin above the labrum. The difficulty of draw-
ing hard and fast lines between the genera Athoiis, Corymhites and
Hemicrepidius (Asaphes) is becoming more apparent with the dis-
covery of new forms, and as intimated by LeConte it may become
necessary to unite these into a single genus.
Athoiis agriotoides n. sp. — Moderately slender, head and prothorax
piceous, the latter with the marginal bead and hind angles pale; elytra reddish-
brown, lower surface in great part piceous, legs and base of antennae paler; pu-
bescence semi-erect, plentiful, ochreo-cinereous ; surface rather feebly shining.
Antenuae surpassing by two joints the hind angles of the prothorax, second joint
a little less than half the length of the third, the latter slightly shorter than the
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fourth and of equal widtli ; outer angle of third joint somewhat acute, that of the
fourth and following joints nearly right. Head densely, rather coarsely umbili-
cate-pnnctate, front broadly concave, apical margin not reflexed. Prothorax
distinctly elongate, sides feebly arcuately convergent anteriorly, scarcely sinuate
before the hind angles, which are not or but just visibly divergent, surface
densely, rather coarsely unibilicate-punctate throughout, hind angles not cari-
nate. Elytra and lower surface as usual. First joint of hind tarsi a little longer
than the next two; third joint with a broad well developed lobe, fourth joint not
lobed. Length 9.5 mm.; width 2.5 mm.
Southern California, Santa Monica (Albright).
This species resembles superficially certain species of Agriotes.
The frontal margin is less produced than in typical Athous, but is
well defined, and the lobe of the third tarsal joint is unusually well
developed ; these differences are of degree merely, and the generic
reference seems unavoidable.
Athous rufotesilaceiis n. sp.— J/oZe.— Form very slender, not very con-
vex, rufotestaceous, elytra slightly paler; pubescence very fine, sparse and incon-
spicuous, surface strongly shining. Antennpe slender, the eighth joint attaining
the hind angles of the prothorax; second joint nearly one-half as long as the
third, the latter equal to the fourth ; fourth joint widest, but scarcely more than
half as wide as long. Head coarsely closely umbilicate-punctate, front deeply
triangularly impressed. Prothorax evidently longer than wide, sides nearly
straight and parallel, a little convergent before the front angles, very slightly
sinuate before the hind angles, which are a little divergent; disk bi-impressed
near the base, surface moderately coarsely punctate, the punctures separated
from one-half to their own diameters at the middle, a little closer at sides ; hind
angles not carinate. Elytra very nearly three times as long as the prothorax,
finely striate, striae rather closely punctate, interspaces more sparsely finely punc-
tate. Beneath more obviously but sparsely pubescent ; presternum closely
strongly punctate, metasternum and abdomen more finely punctate; first joint
of hind tarsi as long as the next two.
Female. — Stouter and more convex than the male, antenuse shorter and less
slender, barely reaching the hind angles of the prothorax, sides of the latter
more rounded, elytra a little wider posteriorly.
Length 10.5-12.5 mm.; width 2.5-3.6 ram.; the larger measurements for the
female.
Beulah, 3 examples (Cockerell).
Most nearly related to cribratus, from which it dififers in its less
coarsely and densely punctured prothorax, and more slender antennae
of the male. In cribratus the fourth antennal joint is three-fourths
as wide as long or very nearly so ; the color is piceous throughout in
the male of fully colored specimens, the elytra paler in the female.
Athous jejiinus n. sp. — Male. — Slender, piceous-brown, elytra slightly
paler, moderately shining, pubescence rather long and plentiful, ochreo-cinereous
in color. Antennae surpassing the hind angles of the thorax by three and one-
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half joints; second joint one-half as long as the third, which is barely visibly
longer than the fourth ; fourth joint a little less than twice as long as wide. Head
deeply impressed in front, punctures simple and separated by their own diame-
ters. Prothorax distinctly longer than wide, very little narrowed in front, sides
very broadly subangulate at middle, nearly straight and a little convergent ante-
riorly, broadly feebly sinuate posteriorly, the hind angles short and very feebly
divergent; surface finely simply punctate, the punctures distant on the average
by about their own diameters; hind angles not distinctly carinate, there is, how-
ever, a fine feeble ridge close to and parallel with the outer margin. Elytra
finely striate, strise finely punctured, interspaces sparsely finely punctate, not at
all rugose. Beneath finely punctured and pubescent, prosternum moie coarsely
closely punctured ; legs concolorous, first joint of hind tarsi equal to the next
two. Length 9.5 mm.; width 2.6 mm.
Cloudcroft (Knau-s).
Described from a single male specimen. With this I associate a
female from the same locality, which differs from the male type in
its broader more convex form, the antennse not passing the hind
angles of the thorax. Jejuniis is evidently allied to the preceding
species and to simplex, and also somewhat resembles affinis. In
rufotestaceus the punctuation of the head and prothorax is vei"y
obviously coarser and sparser; in simplex the third antenna! joint
is much shorter than the fourth, and in affinis slightly shorter than
the fourth ; the latter species is also of evidently stouter build if the
examples so labeled in the LeConte cabinet are authentic.
Apliricus liiteipennis n. sp. — Very slender, black or blackish, elytra
pale yellowish brown, moderately shining ; pubescence pale, fine, short, recum-
bent. Antennae about half the length of the body, slender, second joint small,
third triangular, fully twice as long and nearly twice as wide as the second ;
fourth and following joints gradually slightly increasing in length. Head closely
shallowly punctate; front broadly concave, margined, the margin strongly
rounded. Eyes rather large and prominent. Prothorax elongate, base a little
wider than the apex, sides nearly straight, a little rounded in front; no lateral
margin; hind angles small, divergent ; surface very finely sparsely punctulate.
Elytra finely striate, strise not coarsely punctate, fifth interspace not at all cari-
nate apically ; beneath finely punctate and pubescent. Length 5j-7 mm. ; width
14-1 4-5 mm.
Deming. Taken in numbers by Mr. Wickham.
This species differs from californicvs, the only other known repre
sentative of the genus, in color, more slender form, more appressed
pubescence, less coarsely punctured head, much less strongly rounded
sides of the prothorax, relatively smaller second joint of the an-
tennae, and less distant middle coxae. In californictis the hind
angles of the prothorax are said to have a very fine short carina;
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this is scarcely evident in my examples. In luteipennis the lateral
margin of the hind angles is represented by a very fine, short carina,
the true margin taking the form of a short inferior subniarginal
raised line nearly as in Cardiophorus. This inferior line is appar-
ently totally absent in calif ornietis. Only males are known to me
in this genus, the genitalia being virtually identical in the two
species.
Cebrio COinpositus n. sp. — Dark brown, abdomen somewhat paler, legs
and antennae rufotestaceons. Head rather finely but not densely punctate, the
punctures distant by nearly their own diameters as a rule; prothorax sparsely
very finely punctate, the punctures separated on the average by three to four
times their own diameters ; elytra striate as in 6ico?or and mandibularis. Mandi-
bles moderately prominent, nearly as in hicolor ; labrum deeply sinuate, appar-
ently subconnate with the front but with distinct suture. Antennse slender,
feebly serrate ; second joint one-half tlie length of the third, the latter a little
more than half as long as the fourth ; terminal joint rather abruptly pointed at
apex, but not distinctly constricted. Prothorax trapezoidal, wider tlian long,
sides nearly straight, hind angles rather strongly divergent. Prosternal process
narrow, nearly as in mandibularis. Length 1.3 mm.
Santa Fe (Fenyes).
This species agrees with bicolor in its only moderately prominent
mandibles, with mandibularis in its narrow prosternal process, and
with estriatMs in its narrow feebly serrate antennae. The prothorax
is more strongly narrowed from the base and more sparsely finely
punctured than in any of these species, and the disparity in color
between the upper and lower surfaces is less marked than usual.
BUPRESTIDJ^.
Chrysobothris convexa n. sp. — Moderately robust, more strongly con-
vex than usual, both above and beneath ; bronzed, moderately shining. An-
tennse not narrowed externally, bronzed at base, outer joints piceous, third joint
as long as the next two. Front convex, pubescent, with a single well-defined
chevron. Clypeus with a very narrow acute cuspiform emargination, margin
each side broadly squarely truncate. Eyes more widely separated on the vertex
than their own width as seen from above. Prothorax three-fifths wider than
long, widest near the front, sides nearly straight and convergent posteriorly,
more rapidly convergent to apex, which is a little narrower than the base; sur-
face moderately closely somewhat irregularly punctate, a transverse series of
four small, feebly elevated, smooth callosities before the middle ; median line not
at all impressed, smooth posteriorly, separating two rather broad but distinct
basal impressions, which are limited laterally by a short smooth longitudinal
elevation. Elytra slightly wider than the prothorax, not quite twice as long as
wide, sides parallel in basal three-fifths, apices rounded and serrulate; each with
three narrow smooth discal costse, the first nearly parallel with the suture,
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234 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
entire; second slightly interrupted at middle and apical two-fifths by the veiy
faint and ill defined impressions; third shorter. Beneath rather strongly cupreo-
seneous, pubescent, moderately coarsely closely punctate. Prosternum not lobed
in front, ventral segments with small lateral callosities, last ventral not serrulate
at sides, the apex squarely truncate. Length 11 mm. ; width 4.4 mm.
New Mexico (Alamogordo). A single specimen collected by
Viereck.
The type is in the collection of the American Entomological
Society. It is evidently a 9 ; the front tibi?e are arcuate but with-
out tooth or apical dilation. The non serrate last ventral throws
this species into Horn's Group VII, none of the species of which it
resembles at all closely ; it may precede sexsignata. The clypeal
margin is unlike in outline that of any species previously described
but would be most like femorata of those figured by Horn, if the
sides of the latter were straight instead of arcuate.
AgriliiS towiiseiKli n. sp. — Moderately robust, rather strongly arched in
profile, dark bronzed, head and protborax brassy, pubescence fine, spaise and
uniformly distributed, both above and beneath. Antennae piceous, serrate from
the fourth joint, outer joints transverse. Front nearly flat, median line quite
deeply impressed posteriorly, punctuation coarse and moderately close, but with-
out trace of strigosity, except close to the thoracic margin, surface polished be-
tween thp punctures. Protborax transverse, widest before the middle, sides
barely perceptibly sinuate posteriorly, hind angles subrectangular ; base strongly
sinuate each side, niedian lobe squarely truncate; disk with a median punctiform
impression before the middle, and a larger subbasal one; hind angles with an
arcuate carina, which is very obtuse posteriorly, but better defined at its anterior
end ; sculpture consisting of fine, widely spaced, posteriorly arcuate and subcon-
centric transverse strigfe, the punctuation fine and not close, surface moderately
shining. Scutellum finely feebly carinate. Elytra at base equal in width to the
protborax, sides very faintly sinuate, apices broadly obtusely rounded and finely
serrulate; disk with feebly elevated but distinct costa beginning at basal impres-
sion and becoming obsolete at apical third ; surface finely subimbricate. Proster-
nal lobe slightly sinuate at middle, intercoxal process suddenly narrowed and
acute at tip. Pygidium not carinate. Claws deeply cleft, the inner portion
nearly as long as the outer and moderately incurved, their tips nearly equally
separated from each other and the outer portion of the claw. Length 7J mm.
Rio Ruidoso, White Mts., about 6500 ft., beaten from Que7Tus
gambellii (Townsend).
The unique type is a female, and seems to approach most closely
angelicus of the previously described forms. The claws are toothed
in a fashion nearly intermediate between the two types referred to
by Horn in his tabular statement, but I think the species is properly
placed as here indicated. If it be referred to the larger group with
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claws narrowly cleft, the inner portions widely distant, the present
species would'hy Horn's table fall near politus, which aside from
the form of the claws differs in numerous other detads.
LAMPYRID^.
Teiephorns insipidus n. sp.-Slender, parallel, dusky testaceous
throughout, finely pale pubescent. Antenna slender, filiform, a h tie shorter
than the entire length of the insect, joints one and three subequal in leiigth, two
barely half as long as three, four to eleven longer and nearly equal. Head shin-
ing very finely not closely punctate, front about one-half wider than the vertical
diameter of the eye. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, parallel, hind angles
obtuse but well defined, front angles wanting; disk feebly channeled along the
median line, sides rather deeply broadly impressed anteriorly, tumid each side
posteriorly, hind margin narrowly reflexed ; surface shining and virtually im-
punctate." Elytra about one-half wider than the prothorax, finely scabix,us,
elevated lines "very fine and indistinct. Claws simple on all the feet, the base
merely a little thickened. Length 9.5 mm. ; width 2 mm.
Cloudcroft, Sacramento Mts. (Knaus).
A single male specimen kindly given me by Mr. Knaus. This
species differs from viarginellus, the only previously described species
having simple claws, in size, color and relative dimensions of the
prothorax. Quite likely there are other differences which the short
description of LeConte does not enable me to indicate.
Polemiu!^ rejjularis n. sp.— Black, sides of front beneath the antennal
cavities narrowly pale; sides of prothorax broadly pale, the dorsal black stripe
entire of uniform width and slightly narrower than the pale margins. Pro-
thorax transverse, sides parallel and broadly arcuate, hind angles somewhat
obtuse and not sharply defined, their vertices a little rounded ; front angles
wanting. Elytra scabrous, with the raised lines feeble but traceable, more dis-
tinct toward the base. Length 8.5 mm. ; width 3.5 mm.
Albuquerque (Wick ham ).
Described from a single female specimen. A second female taken
by Knaus at Fresnal Canon is slightly different, but is associated
with the type for the present.
Regularis is rather closely allied to two or three of the described
species, but on comparison with the LeConte types it looks sufficiently
distinct, though it must be confessed that specimens of several of
the described" species are too few to permit one to judge as to the
extent of specific variability. As compared with the present species
princeps differs in its larger size, pale front, incomplete pronotal
vitta and margined elytra ; stremms has the pronotal vitta strongly
dilated before the base, and marginicollis has the prothorax trape-
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236 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
zoidal in form. Platyderus is rather close, but in this the hind
angles of the prothorax are somewhat better defined, and the pro-
notal vitta is always narrow and incomplete, and frequently nearly
or quite absent.
I'oleiiiius biiiotatus n. sp. — Head black behind the anteiiiiie, pale in
front from side to side, mouth and space between tlie gular sutures also pale;
prothorax rufotestaceous, with two discal black spots; elytra and metasternum
black; abdomen, legs and base of antennae rufotestaceous, tarsi dusky; pubes-
cence grayish, short, but sufficiently plentiful to give the elytra a pruinose
appearance. Head finely not closely punctulate, prothorax very minutely
sparsely punctulate, elytra feebly subscabrous, somewhat shining, elevated lines
obsolete. Prothorax with sides only slightly convergent in front, hind angles a
little obtuse and not very sharply defined, front angles wanting. Length 7 mm.
Chiricahua Mts., Arizona (Hubbard and Schwarz).
The type above described is a male, having the sides of the pro-
thorax rather deeply acutely nicked at the middle. The single
female at hand differs from the male only in being slightly stouter
and in having the abdomen dusky at base; the sides of the pro-
thorax not incised. Differs distinctly in coloration from all previ-
ously described species.
MALACHIIDJE.
Ti'ieliochroiiM sopliiaet n. sp. — Moderately elongate, black, scarcely at
all ajneous, legs bright lufous throughout; antennfe rufous, the outer joints infus-
cate. Pubescence somewhat sparse, cinereous, subvecumbent, intermixed witli
numerous longer suberect blackish hairs; marginal fringe of prothorax irregular,
consisting of shorter cinereous and very much longer blackish hairs; marginal
fringe of the elytra rather long and entirely pale. Head fully three-fourths as
wide as the prothorax, sparsely finely punctate, polished ; labrum ratlier strongly
transverse, piceous, apical margin narrowly pale; antennae slender, gradually
feebly incrassate, fifth joint obviously longer than wide and scarcely at all wider
than the sixth ; seventh not dilated, slightly longer than wide; tenth as wide as
long; eleventh nearly twice as long as wide. Prothorax one-third wider than
long, widest at basal third, sides moderately arcuate and conveigeut in front,
basal angles more narrowly rounded and obtuse. Surface nearly evenly rather
strongly punctate, the punctures separated by their own diameters or a little
more, inteispaces polished throughout. Elytra distinctly wider than the pro-
thorax. parallel, two-thirds longer than wide, punctuation at base similar to that
of the prothorax, becoming a little finer and less close toward the apex. Lower
surface with rather plentiful cinereous pubescence, abdomen minutely punctate,
metasternum scarcely visibly so; prosternal length before the coxae equal to the
thickness of the coxa from front to back. Front and middle tibiae each with four
marginal spines above tlie apical ones. Length 3.25 mm.
New Mexico ; Las Cruces (Cockerell), on Sophia.
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• The type is a female, and has the fifth ventral broadly evenly
arcuate at apex. With the type are associated a male from Soledad
Canon (Ckll.), and a female from Fresnal Canon (Knaus), both of
which are in not very good condition. In both of these the antennae
are distinctly stouter, the outer joints obviously transverse, and it is
quite possible that the Fresnal Canon specimen at least represents a
distinct species.
In the type there are a few darker hairs along the middle of each
elytron, but they are not sufficiently pronounced to give the effect of
adiscal vitta. The species would seem to fall near texanus by
Casey's table, the latter species being larger, blacker because of the
sparser gray hairs, and more abundant black bristles, and with less
slender antennse.
Tricliochrous mixtus n. sp.-Dark brown, legs bright rufous through-
out, anteuiiffi pale at base, piceous externally. Integuments shining through-
out; pubescence rather dense, consisting of confusedly mingled ochreous and
cinereous hairs, which are subdecumbent in great part; the erect hairs short and
inconspicuous, except near the lateral margins, and for the most part ochreous in
color; pronotal fringe long, bristling and irregular. Head and prothorax finely
sparsely punctate, the punctures separated on the average by about twice their
own diameters; elytral punctuation a little coarser and closer. Autennse {%)
much longer than the head and prothorax. very strongly acutely serrate ; last
joint narrowly fusiform, widest at middle, and about equal in length to the two
preceding united. Prothorax very nearly one-third wider than long, narrowed
anteriorly, basal angles very obtuse but evident, apical angles not defined. Elytra
parallel, twice as long as wide, about one-quarter wider than the prothorax and
three-times as long; apex obtusely rounded. Prosternum slightly longer before
the coxse than the thickness of the latter. Abdomen finely punctured and with
rather dense appressed pale pubescence. Length 3i-4 mm.
Alamogordo (Viereck).
In the male the fifth ventral is broadly truncate, the inner spur
of the middle tibia is very broad, and that of the front tibiae dis-
tinctly enlarged, and the erect hairs of the upper surface are more
obvious. In the female the antennae are shorter than in the male,
but unusually long for the sex, extending a little beyond the elytral
base; the fifth ventral is truncate, with the faintest possible indica-
tion of a median angulation, the tibial spurs all slender.
By Casey's table this species might perhaps best be placed before
hirtellus, though conspicuously differing from that and neighboring
species by the feebly developed longer hairs of the upper surface
especially in the female.
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238 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Ti'icliocliroiis inciiltus n. sp.— Oblong, moderately elongate, black ;
legs piceo-rnfous, the tibite and tarsi paler; antennse pieeons externally, paler
at base; pubescence cinereous, not dense, snbrecurabent, interspersed throughout
the upper surface with moderately long suberect blackish hairs; pronotal fringe
irregular, long and bristling, in great part cinereous; elytral fringe long, cinere-
ous. Head five-sixths as wide as the prothorax, surface polished and sparsely
rather coarsely punctate ; labrum strongly transverse, more than twice as wide
as long, apical margin iiarrowly pale. Antennae unusually long and rather
stout, passing the elytral humeri ; fifth joint evidently wider than the sixth and
much larger than the fourth ; joints 6-10 gradually slightly longer, the tenth
plainly longer than wide, sixth about as wide as long; inner angles acute and
bristling with erect hairs. Prothorax a little wider than long, widest at basal
two-fifths, sides moderately rounded posteriorly, convergent aud nearly straight
anteriorly, front angles obtuse, feebly defined ; hind angles rounded and indis-
tinct; surface coarsely sparsely punctate. Elytra about one-fifth wider and
about two and two-third times as long as the prothorax, sides parallel, apex
obtusely rounded, surface coarsely rather closely punctate. Length 2.9 mm.
Mesilla Park, May 7 (Cockerell).
The type is, a male and has the fifth ventral truncate and just
perceptibly sinuate. The tibial spurs are slender and spiuiforni
throughout. The prosternuin before the coxse is about one-third
longer than the coxal thickness.
This species would best be placed after comatus in Casey's table.
Since writing the above I have seen a series of specimens taken at
Alamogordo, New Mexico, by Viereck. In these the legs are of a
clearer rufous color, the upper edges of the femora alone being
piceous. The female is as usual slightly broader than the male ;
the antennae less stout and barely reaching the humeri, the outer
angles of the joints with fewer bristling hairs. The long hairs of
the pronotal fringe are black, the shorter ones cinereous.
Trichochrous placatus n. sp. — Black, moderately shining, legs red,
antennae rufo-piceous, joints 2-5 paler. Pubescence cinereous, not dense, plenti-
fully interspersed with erect black setae; pronotal fringe long, irregular and
mostly black ; elytral fringe long, less irregular, pale in color. Head less than
three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, eyes not very prominent ; surface pol-
ished, finely remotely punctate; labrum not much wider than long, apical mar-
gin strongly rounded, piceous in color, apex paler. Antennae gradually rather
strongly incrassate, fifth joint not appreciably wider than the sixth, very slightly
transverse; outer joints strongly transverse, tenth nearly twice as wide as long-
eleventh about one-half longer than wide. Prothorax very little wider than
long, sides broadly arcuate and convergent from base to apex, angles all much
rounded; disk finely distantly punctate, the punctui-es separated by two to three
times their own diameters at middle, but a little closer at sides. Elytra one-third
wider than the prothorax, two-thirds longer than wide, parallel, punctuation
coarser and somewhat closer than on the pronotal disk. Beneath cinereo-jjubes-
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cent, with longer hai.s along the u^iddle of the abdon^en. P^-te-um befove
the co.^ one and one-half times the thickness of the --; t.b.al sp>nes lather
distant, four or five in each series. Length 3i mm. ; width L4 mm.
On-an, New Mexico, 5100 ft., Sept. (CklL).
The type is a female, having the fifth ventral strongly, nearly
evenly rounded at apex. The elongate prothorax wUh all the
angle; broadly rounded is similar to that which Casey declares to be
characteristic of the group of species for which he erects the genus
Cradytes; the ungual appendages are, however, as long as the claws
and attached to them throughout. There is no sign of serrulation
of the prothoracic margin, though this may exist in the male.
None of the characters given by Casey for the establishment of
the genus Cradytes are either constant or distinctive and the species
must therefore revert to Trichochorus. The present spec.es should
stand near these and perhaps closest to rufipenms.
Triehochrous siiniHs n. sp.-This name is proposed for a form evi-
de^" do"!* related to the preceding and ditiering as follows: vest.ture cine,,
eo on the ffrothorax, fulvous on the elytra, the erect set. very "— ^ ^^
ulvons in clr throughout the elytra, except in a scutel lar t-".le vjh e t e^
are black. Prothorax not more than one-fourth longer than wide, sides parallel
and feebly arcuate. Length 4 mm.
New Mexico, La Cueva, Organ Mts. (5300 ft.), on flowers of
FaUugia paradoxa, Sept. (Townsend). Possibly a variety of n.^-
penni^, but the narrower thorax with parallel sides and the abund-
ant fulvous set^ of the elytra are sufficient to easily distinguish it.
Triclioeltrous bicoloripes n. sp.-Black, with faint .neous lustre,
antenna, piceous, femora black, tibia, and tarsi rufotestaceous; vestiture abund-
an but no't dense, almost entirely cinereous in color, giving ^1- '"-t a gra^>sh
aspect The vestiture consists of rather long distinctly recurved but not lecum
bent hairs, with numerous more erect but only slightly longer hairs interspei.ed
throughout; these latter in part blackish at the middle of the pronotal disk,
especially a;tenorlv ; fringe of prothorax rather long, fairly even but not dense.
An enn J( ^ ) fully reaching the elytral base, rather slender, the outer joints just
Jisiblv wider than long, terminal joint a little shorter than the two preceding
Tnited, oval, pointed. Head polished, feebly wrinkled posteriorly, punctuies
deep, vierforate, not coarse, separated by rather more than their own diametei.^
Prothorax one-fourth wider than long, very slightly narrowed anterioily, de
moderately rounded, apical angles a little obtuse and not very well defaned. hasa
augles more obtuse, ill defined ; punctuation rather sparse, ^1- P-.<;^-- ---
thfn on the head, surface polished throughout. Elytra a little wider than the
p othorax and three times as long, rather strongly closely punctate and shining^
sutuial angles nearly rectangular and sharply defined. Beneath with d--">^-;
dnereous pubescence, punctuation of abdomen fine and sparse but well defined.
Length 3.3-4 mm.
JULY. 1907.
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240 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Las Vegas Hot Springs (Barber and Schwarz).
The type above described is a male, having the fifth ventral seg-
ment broadly subtruncate at apex. In the female the prothorax is
a little more narrowed anteriorly, the antennae shorter, the sutural
angles of the elytra more acute, and the fifth ventral broadly angu-
late at middle. The tibial spurs are slender in both sexes. This
species most nearly approaches coviatus, the latter differing in its
entirely black legs, more transverse outer joints of antennae, longer
more bristling vestiture, more numerous erect black hairs, the punc-
tuation of the head and prothorax coarser and closer, and the
sutural angle of the elytra evidently rounded.
T^icliochrotis prosternalis n. sp.— Black, with a feeble oreenisli
lustre; legs rufous, anteunse piceous. Pubescence rather sparse, cinereous, erect
setfB numerous, long, black throughout; marginal fringe of both thorax and
elytra long and bristling, entirely black. Head rather elongate, sparsely punc-
tate, frontal impression deeper than usual; eyes not prominent. Antennje
strongly incrassate, joints 5-10 increasingly transverse, 11th joint but slightly
longer than wide. Prothorax very nearly as long as wide, sides broadly feebly
arcuate, slightly sinuate at middle, qiiite strongly convergent from base to apex ;
all the angles broadly rounded, side margin distinctly crenulato-serrate through-
out; surface finely rather sparsely punctate. Elytra very little wider than the
prothorax and twice as long; about one-half longer than wide; punctuation
coarse and close. Prosternum very long before the coxse, being about two and
one-half times the coxal diameter; tibial spines slender, rather widely spaced,
three or four in number; ungual appendages as long as the claws and attached
throughout. Length 4.5 mm.
New Mexico; Mescalero, on Bigelovia graveolens (Cockerell).
The type is a male, having the fifth ventral truncate, but the
tibial spurs are but slightly modified, being slender and acute on
all the feet.
The length of the prosternum is far greater than in any previ-
ously described member of the genus and constitutes the most pecu-
liar feature of this very distinct species. It should be placed near
semdatus in our lists.
CLERID^.
Clems eoralliiius n. sp.
This name is proposed for a form common in New Mexico which
has hitherto passed as a variety of abruptus, but which I am confi-
dent w'ill prove distinct. In any case the appearance is so different
from typical abruptus that a special name is desirable. The form is
as a rule slightly less robust and the punctuation a little finer than
FALL AND COCKKRELL. 241
in abruptus. The style of coloration is the same, but the median
pale fascia is here very broad, occupying the middle third or even
more of the elytra, and not interrupted at suture. In abruptus the
median pale fascia is much narrower, always much more so than the
length of the elytra either before or behind it, and always interrup
ted by the suture, the two portions more or less lunate in form. The
head, prothorax and pale elytral areas are of a rather bright coral-
red tint, the under surface and legs black, tarsi more or less pale.
In typical abruptus the thorax is pale, but in by far the greater
number of specimens in collections the head and thorax are black.
Specimens in my collection are from Kansas; Boulder, Colovado
(Cockerell); and various points in New Mexico (Santa Fe, type;
Las Vegas, Organ Mts. ; Las Truchas).
SCARABJEID^.
Psammodius ambiguiis n. sp.— Oblong, slightly oval, head and pro-
thorax reddisli-brown, elytra yellow, suture very narrowly darker; beneath
rufotestaceous, legs a little paler. Head coarsely but vaguely and rather irregu-
larly punctate, not evidently verrucosa; vertex with faint transverse elevated
line which is a little more prominent at middle and extremities; gense not very
prominent, obtuse; clypeus deeply rather narrowly emarginate, sides rounded.
Prothorax moderately transverse, sides fimbriate; apex but little narrower than
base, sides evenly rounded, hind angles undefined, base broadly rounded, not at
all sinuate, basal marginal line well marked. Punctuation uneven in size and
distribution, fine and sparse at middle, a little closer laterally with larger i)unc-
tures intermixed, nearly smooth about the hind angles. Elytra a little wider
than and two and two-fifth times as long as the prothorax, about one-third longer
than wide, sides nearly parallel, yellowish-testaceous without markings, striae
finely and rather closely punctate, intervals feebly convex, very sparsely and
finely punctulate. Under surface finely alutaceous, and sparsely finely punc-
tate; mesosternum not carinate between the middle coxse. Legs stout, hind
femora fully two-thirds as wide as long, all nearly smooth. Front tibige smooth,
strongly tridentate, spur long, slender and slightly curved ; middle and hind
tibiie stout, subtriangular, the posterior stouter, each with two oblique ridges ex-
ternally; spurs of middle tibiae very long, not very unequal, the longer nearly
equal in length to the first three tarsal joints; spurs of hind tibise shorter,
scarcelj- as long as the two basal joints, the upper spur a little longer and dis-
tinctly curved. Tarsi rather stout and short, first three joints subtriangular, the
basal one as long as the two following; claws slender, about two-thirds as long
as the fifth joint. Length 3.3 mm.
El Paso, Texas. A single example collected by the writer. I
am by no means certain that this species is really a Fsammodius,
though the small size, fimbriate thorax and rather stout tarsi would
so indicate. It departs from all our known .species of this genus in
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242 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
its nonverrucose clypeiis and longer tarsal claws, and differs from all
except ccelatus in the two oblique tibial ridges. The terminal spin-
ules of middle and hind tibiae are even and close set in ambiguus,
longer and more widely spaced in cmlahis. If referred to Aphodius
the present species does not fit well anywhere, but seems closest to
nanus, in which, however, the front is rugulose, the form narrower,
the tibite and tarsi normal.
Apliodiiifii iiioqiiiniis n. sp. — Form moderately convex, nearly parallel
( % ), or slightly broader behind ( 9 ) ; rather pale reddish-brown throughout, the
antennai a little paler; margins fimbriate throughout. Head rather sparsely
punctured, frontal line elevated but not distinctly divided into tubercles, a short
transverse carina at middle of clypeus, front margin of latter obtusely biangu-
late each side of the median sinus, the inner angulation more sharply defined ;
gense moderately prominent but obtuse. Prothorax ( % ) nearly twice as wide as
the head, one-half wider than long, slightly narrowed in front; in the female
relatively smaller and more obviously narrowed anteriorly ; base nearly evenly
rounded, barely perceptibly sinuate each side, basal marginal line fine but dis-
tinct, hind angles rounded, feebly defined ; punctuation not close, somewhat
uneven in size, quite regularly disposed. Elytra a little wider than the pro-
thorax, strife moderate, not very closely punctate; intervals very slightly con-
vex, each with a series of fine punctures each side near the striae. Beneath
sparsely punctate and with sparse yellow hair; mesosternum not carinate. Front
tibiae tridentate, the upper tooth nearer the base than to the apical one, margin
above crenulate, face smooth; terminal spur rather slender and feebly arcuate.
Short spur of middle til)i8P scarcely more than one-third the length of the long
spur ( % }, relatively a little longer ( 9 ). Hind femora with a row of setigerous
punctures parallel to the posterior margin ; first joint of hind tarsus subequal to
the next two. Length 5-5i mm.
Holbrook, Arizona. A single pair sent by Mr. Wickham.
This species must be referred to Horn's Group A, and is closely
allied in most respects with denticulatiis. The latter on comparison
is a little larger and more robust, always black, the head relatively
wider, the thorax less narrowed in front, and the basal joint of hind
tarsus slightly shorter.
AplloUiuM abiisiis n. sp. — Robust, strongly convex, i)arallel, black, shin-
ing, legs dark rufous. Head moderately tuberculato-rugose anteriorly, punctate
posteriorly; vertical tubercles faint; clypeus sharply augulate each side; genae
very prominent and nearly rectangular. Prothorax nearly equal in width to the
elytra, sides parallel, a little rounded in front, surface sparsely finely punctate at
middle, rather densely along the sides, especially near the front angles; the
punctures laterally fine and coarse intermixed ; basal marginal line very fine.
Elytra parallel, three-fourths as wide as long, striae coarse and rather deep, finely
not closely nor crenately punctate ; intervals flat, very finely sparsely punctulate ;
seventh interval only about two-thirds as wide at middle as the adjoining ones
FALL AND COCKERELL. 243
and scarcely more than double the strial width. Front tibise smooth, lateral
margin finely crenulate above; first joint of hind tarsus equal to the two and
one-half following. Length 4.2 mm. ; width 1.9 mm.
Texas.
Described from a single example sent me years ago as crassidus.
Further investigation shows that this is the Texan form referred to
under crassidus in Horn's Synopsis. It is placed with the true
crassidus in the LeConte collection, but Mr. Blanchard on compari-
son finds it distinct from the typical form, which is known only
from Florida, and is at once separated by its very robust body which
is wider behind as in certain species of j^gialia.
Apliodiiis crassuloides n. sp.
This species is closely related to the preceding and to crassidus, to
which it would be traced by using the Horn tables. From abusus
it is separable as follows : form slightly less robust, evidently less
convex in profile ; clypeal angles rather less prominent ; gense much
less prominent; there is an ill defined but evident short transverse
anterior ridge present in all specimens seen, no trace of which exists
in abusus. Prothorax punctate throughout nearly as in riiricola,
the punctures at middle being about as in abus^ls, but at sides
plainly less dense than in the latter species. Elytral striae finer than
in abusus, the edges of the intervals more obviously crenulate by the
punctures, the seventh interval but little narrower than the sixth
or eighth at middle. Length 3.8-4.4 mm. ; width 1. 75-2.1 mm.
Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
Numerous example taken by Mr. Warren Knaus. Sexual diflfer-
ences are slight. Both abusus and crassuloides bear a general like-
ness to the common rnricola and granarius. From the former the
angulate clypeus renders separation easy, while granarius, aside
from the group characters, is at once distinguished by the broad
sutural interval of the elytra, this being much narrower than the
second in crassuloides, the disparity being even more marked in
abusus.
A|>liO(liu$$ neotomse n. sp. — Oblong-oval, some examples a little broader
behind, others scarcely so. Head and thorax piceous, the latter with the sides
sometimes indefinitely paler; elytra dark rufopiceous; beneath piceous. tip of
abdomen paler; legs dark rufous, varying to piceous. Head rather feebly tritu-
berculate posteriorly, the tubercles connected by a fine raised line; clypeus punc-
tate and subrugulose, dull in lustre, front margin broadly sinuato-truncate at
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244 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
middle, sides rounded, gense obtuse. Prothovax with sides parallel and very
broadly arcuate from base to apex ; base moderately bisinuate. tbe marginal line
feeble, surface numerously very coarsely punctate with fine punctures inter-
mixed ; the coarse punctures more or less evidently umbilicate. Elytra equal in
width to the thorax at base; striae deep and crenately punctate, intervals more
or less convex, finely irregularly punctate, moderately shining. Prosternum
very strongly, acutely carinate. Mesosternum and sides of metasternum aluta-
ceous, the former coarsely closely punctate anteriorly, the latter moderately
punctate at sides, finely and sparsely at middle, not distinctly between the coxae.
Posterior femora sparsely minutely punctate, first joint of hind tarsus suhequal
to the next three. Front tibiae tridentate, margin finely crenulate above, front
face impunctate. Length 3.1-3.5 mm.
California, Pasadena and HumboJdt Co.
The type is one of three examples taken by Dr. Fenyes fron) the
uest of a wood rat (Neotoma), April 8th. The Humboldt County
specimen was taken by Mr. Barber — also in rat's nest — at Blair's
Ranch, Redwood Creek, June 19th. Other examples are in the
National Museum collection.
This species must by its characters be referred to Horn's Group
B, where it would perhaps best follow duplex.
AphodiuK rotuiidiceps n. sp.— Elongate, parallel, black, tibiae and
tarsi dark rufous, antennae paler. Head subimpunctate, a few minute punctures
posteriorly, not in the least tuberculate, the frontal suture completely wanting;
clypeus strongly evenly arcuate from side to side; geuae feebly, rounded, not
more prominent than the eyes. Prothorax but little longer than wide, a little
narrowed in front, parallel in basal half; base finely margined, hind angles
feebly obliquely truncate and rounded ; punctuation very fine and sparse, a few
coarser punctures intermixed, except near the margins. Elytra not distinctly
wider than the thorax and a little less than twice as long; striae fine, finely indis-
tinctly and rather remotely punctate; intervals nearly flat and impunctate.
Entire upper surface with minute alutaceous sculpture. Lower surface aluta-
ceous, mesosternum punctured in front, not carinate though a little convex
between the coxae; metasternum sparsely punctate ; abdomen with a few scat-
tered punctures basally, the apical segment more numerously punctate. P'emora
with a few fine punctures; front tibiae smooth, margin tridentate, feebly crenu-
late above; terminal spur slender, feebly curved, slightly shoiter than the first
two tarsal joints; second tarsal joint longer than the first. Shorter spur of mid-
dle tibiae barely half the length of the longer one. Basal joint of hind tarsus
nearly equal to the next three; longer spur a little shorter than the basal joint.
Terminal spinules of middle and posterior tibite short and of nearly equal
length. Length 4 mm.; width 1.4 mm.
Highlands, North Carolina. A single specimen, collected by Mr.
Frederick Blanchard.
This insect is as narrow as our more slender species of Atamius,
and at long range looks not greatly unlike then). By Horn's
FALL AND COCKERELL. 245
arrangement it would come nearest to entering Group F, none of
the members of which it at all resembles. The rotundate clypeus
is a rare character, possessed by only three other species in our
fauna, viz. — rufipes, depressus and rxibripennnis, in ail of which,
however, the gense are either moderately or sharply prominent,
giving the head an essentially different aspect.
Aphodius umbricollis n. sp.— Form broad, parallel, moderately con-
vex; head and prothorax piceous, with pale outer margins, elytra dull rufotes-
taceous, under surface and legs reddish-brown. Head finely closely punctate
throughout, not evidently tuberculate ; clypeus broadly not deeply emarginate,
sides rounded ; gente prominent, subrectangular. Prothorax one-half wider than
long, scarcely at all narrowed in front, sides broadly rounded, margin explanate;
base rather strongly sinuate each side and without marginal line; punctuation
fine, moderately close, intermixed laterally with numerous larger punctures.
Elytra subequal in width to the prothorax, very finely striate, striae finely closely
punctate; intervals wide, nearly flat, with numerous fine punctures which show
no trace of serial arrangement. Beneath alutaceous, mesosternum obtusely
carinate between the coxae; metasternum dull, numerously punctate at sides;
abdomen rather sparsely punctate. Femora minutely alutaceous and finely
remotely punctate. Anterior tibia; smooth, terminal spur slender, rather strongly
curved. Basal joint of hind tarsus a little longer than the two following.
Length 5S-6 mm.
Described from a small series of specimens taken by the writer
along the dry bed of the Rio Grande River at El Paso, Texas, in
November, 1889. A single specimen has since been sent me by
Mr, Wickham who took it at Albuquerque, New Mexico,
This species should be placed near explanatus, the latter differing
in its larger size, angulate clypeus, more densely punctate thorax,
and more strongly punctured elytral striae.
.4pho<lius pliitoiiicus n. sp. — Moderately robust, parallel, convex, black,
elytra slightly dull because of minute surface sculpture, tarsi reddish-brown.
Head distinctly trituberculate, finely evenly not very closely punctate; clypeus
broadly emarginate, sides rounded ; gense obtusely rounded. Prothorax three-
fourths as long as wide, sides parallel behind, a little narrowed in front, base
faintly sinuate each side of the middle and with fine marginal line; punctuation
fine, rather sparse, with intermixed larger punctures, which are more numerous
laterally. Elytra equal in width to the prothorax and very nearly twice as long ;
strise fine, finely not very closely punctate ; intervals finely irregularly biseriately
punctate. Beneath alutaceous and dull, the femora very feebly so, the latter
sparsely punctate. Mesosternum not carinate; metasternum sparsely punctate
at sides; abdomen morenumerously punctured. Anterior tibiae smooth in front,
tridendate, margin strongly crenate above. First joint of hind tarsus as long as
the two and one-half following ; terminal tibial spinules unequal. Length 6 mm.
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246 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Described from a single specimen collected by Townsend and
bearing label "So. Fork Eagle Creek, White Mts., 8000 ft."
The type is a male, having the spur of anterior tibia slender and
rather strongly evenly curved ; the shorter spur of the middle tibia
with the extreme apex abruptly bent inward. Plutonicus i-esembles
quite closely pectoralis in the slightly dull elytra, but the latter
belongs to a different section by the equal tibial spinules. By
Horn's table it would fall near terminalis, which is a smaller species,
with non-tuberculate head and pale elytra! apex.
Apliodius Iongitar!>iis u. sp. — Form rather narrow, parallel, not very
strongly convex ; liead and prothorax piceous, front and sides of head and sides
of thorax paler; elytra pale yellowish-testaceous, without markings; beneath
rufopiceous, legs testaceous. Head moderately convex, frontal tubercles evident,
connected by a raised line; surface in front of the raised line coarsely verrucose
and with short erect hairs ; occiput coarsely punctate, sometimes rugose ; clypeus
rather deeply emarginate, sides rounded. Prothorax moderately transverse, a
little narrowed in front, sides sparsely fimbriate, base evenly arcuate with fine
marginal line, hind angles indistinct, sides moderately arcuate; surface witli
coarse punctures, which are nearly uniform in size but somewhat irregular in
distribution, rather sparse at middle, becoming moderately dense at sides. Elytra
two-fifths longer than wide, a little wider than the thorax and two and two-
third times as long, sides nearly parallel, humeral angles narrowly rounded ;
strije moderate, finely punctured, intervals slightly convex, each with a series
of fine sparsely placed punctures each side, closely adjacent to the striae. Meso-
sternum opaque, not carinate; metasternum and abdomen sparsely punctate.
Femora with a few fine punctures. Anterior tibia? smooth in front, moderately
strongly tridentate, spur slender, feebly curved and a little longer than the first
tarsal joint. Tarsi very slender and elongate, basal joint of hind tarsus equal to
the next two; long spur of both middle and hind tibife evidently shorter than
the first tarsal joint. Length 3i-4 mm.
El Paso, Texas ; Aweme, Manitoba (C H. Rowe).
The El Paso examples are to be regarded as types. The Mani-
toba specimens are slightly larger, the thorax a trifle wider, the
elytral striae more strongly punctured. The differences are, I think,
of little moment, the wider thorax perhaps indicating the male.
The spinules of the middle and hind tibiae are very unequal, the
longer and shorter alternating with considerable regularity. This
species seems most closely related to scabriceps, with which indeed
it has been confused by LeConte, a single specimen being so placed
in the collection. The very long tarsi with relatively shorter basal
joint will at once enable it to be separated.
FALL AND COCKERELL. 247
Apliodius dialyloides n. sp.— Oblong-oval, piceous, margin of clypeu.
more or less rufescent, legs dark rufous, antennae rufotestaceous. Head not dis-
tinctly tuberculate, rather closely strongly punctured, somewhat less closely in
front; clypeus feebly eniarginate, sides broadly rounded; gense prominent,
slightly obtuse. Prothorax one-fifth wider than long, base rather strongly arcu-
ate at middle, slightly sinuate each side, hind angles broadly obliquely truncate,
sides nearly straight and just visibly converging anteriorly; punctuation coarse
and dense laterally, becoming confluent near the hind angles, sparser and irreg-
ular in distribution along the middle; basal marginal line distinct. Elytra as
wide at base as the thorax, elongate-oval, one-third longer than wide, widest at
middle, humeri dentiform; strise moderately deep, not closely punctate ; inter-
vals three or four times as wide as the strife on the disk, impunctate, nearly flat,
a little convex posteriorly. Mesosternum coarsely densely punctate, with narrow
smooth median line in front, becoming somewhat obtusely carinate between the
coxse ; metasternnm at sides and abdomen more sparsely punctate; femora quite
coarsely numerously punctate, the front ones densely so. Anterior tibite smooth
in front, tridentate externally, the upper tooth slightly in front of the middle,
margin not crenate above. Basal joint of hind tarsus as long as or slightly
longer than the next three. Length 3.6-3.9 mm.
ilale. — Spur of anterior tibiae moderately stout and abruptly bent or hooked at
tip; lower spur of middle tibiae short, projecting inward almost at right angles
to the axis of the tibia.
Female. — Not seen.
Described from two examples taken by Mr. Frederick Blanchard,
one at Highlands, N. C, in June, the other at Mt. Watatic in east-
ern Massachusetts, in September.
This peculiar and interesting little species should evidently be
placed near humeralis, which exhibits the same peculiarity in the
short spur of the middle tibiae and has the hind angles of the thorax
simularly truncate. In this latter respect and in general facies it
closely resembles Dialytes ulkei, though smaller.
Oclioclfeus giiallio n. sp. — Eobust, oblong-oval, fulvotestaceous, with the
usual short erect fulvous hair. Head very broad, three-fourths as wide as the
prothorax, mandibles very prominent, their outer edge slightly sinuate and sub-
augulate ; clypeus squarely truncate, the margin single, with a very small median
tubercle; vertex without transverse carina, surface densely granulate-punctates
Mentum elevated posteriorly in form of a thin wedge-shaped ligula, which is
wider at base than at summit, the latter emarginate. Prothorax not quite twice
as wide as long, sides rather strongly rounded, feebly or scarcely narrowed in
front, median impressed line fine, only evident posteriorly ; surface rather closely
granulate. Elytra equal in width to the prothorax and twice as long, very
slightly longer than wide; striae lightly impressed, intervals nearly flat, irregu-
larly biseriately punctate, suturJil angle somewhat obtuse. Posterior tibiae rather
slender, gradually wider apically ; basal joint of posterior tarsus slender, straight,
as long as the two following united. Length 5i-7i mm. ; width 2n-3i mm.
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248 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
The type is apparently a male and was taken at " Mesilla, July
31, at light" by Prof. Cockerell. With it I associate a smaller
specimen from Yuma, Arizona, collected by Dr. Fenyes. No sexual
marks are evident. In the structure of the mentum this species is
approached hy pectoralis only, but in the latter the wedge is much
thicker at base than in gnatho, and its anterior face is concave from
side to side, while in the present species the concavity is from top to
bottom. In pectoralis, moreover, the prosternum is lobed in front,
and the basal joint of hind tarsus strongly modified. The mandi-
bles in gnatho are even more strongly produced than in mandibu-
laris, but are less strongly angulate externally. In the extremely
broad head it is approached by no other species at present known.
Ochodteiis nimius n. sp. — Form, size and color o{ biarmatus. Mandibles
more prominent, their outer margin sinuate and obtusely angulate. Clypeus
somewhat thickened but without double margin, an acute tubercle at the middle
adjacent to the margin ; vertex devoid of transverse ridge. Mentum strongly
transverse, scarcely narrowed in front, anterior angles rounded, apex truncate,
surface nearly flat throughout. Prothorax a little less than twice as wide as
long, moderately closely granulate, impressed line distinct posteriorly. Elytra
very slightly more than twice as long as the prothorax, strial punctures rather
coarse, intervals nearly flat, irregularly punctate, sutural angle obtuse. Tibise
and tarsi nearly as in biarmatus. Length 5i mm. ; width 2i mm.
"Mesilla, July 31, at light" (Cockerell).
By its flat, strongly transverse mentum the present species must
be associated with striatus and sparsus. In striatiis there is no
frontal tubercle, and the vertex is transversely carinate, the color
darker and the elytral striae deeper. In sparsns the frontal tubercle
is much more posterior in position, being on the vertex instead of
adjacent to clypeal margin ; the angles of the labrum are more pro-
longed and the prothorax is shorter.
dichi<:l,<»ivycha.
The two following forms are closely related to backii and fnlglda
respectively, but differ so constantly in color through long series
that distinctive names are desirable, even though they ultimately
prove to be merely subspecies.
D. testaceipenuis n. sp. — Black, elytra entirely testaceous in both sexes,
legs blackish in the male, pale in the female. In an occasional specimen the
suture is slightly dusky, and rarely there is discernible a faint greenish surface
lustre. Form, structure and sculpture virtually identical with backii.
FALL AND COCKKRELL. 249
Taken abundantly at Cloudcroft in the Sacramento Mountains of
New Mexico by Mr. Knaus, to whom I am indebted for a good
series. Mr. Knaus writes thus concerning it: "This species I took
on the summit (9200 feet) on scrub oak leaves and balsam pine, also
at Wooten's Station, six miles below Cloudcroft at 7000 feet ou
willow and wild rose, but not nearly so frequent as at the summit of
the mountains."
D. inormona n. sp.
This name is suggested for the Utah form alluded to under fal-
gida and crotchii in my " Notes ou Dichelonycha " (Trans. Am. En t.
Soc, 1901, p. 285). A good series has lately been received fi-om
Mr. Knaus, who took them at Stockton, Utah. The females appear
to be invariably colored like the males, while in both fulgida and
crotchii the females have the head, thorax, body beneath and legs
quite as uniformly testaceous or rufous. The elytral punctuation is
intermediate in character between fulgida and crotchii.
CERAMBYCID^.
Leptura kerniaiia n. sp. — Form of propinqua and allies, hlaek, elytra
and abdomen dull rufous, legs rufous, tarsi and tips of the tibiae blackish ; pube.s-
cence short, grayish on the prothorax and beneath, blackish on the elytra. Head
obsoletely, sparsely, finely punctate, median line impressed ; anteunsB entirely
black, a little more than three-fourths the length of the body {%). the joints
proportioned as in propinqua. Prothorax as wide as long, exclusive of the poste-
rior angles, which are strongly acutely produced ; sides sinuately convergent
from the base to a somewhat tubereuliform prominence in front of the middle,
thence straight and rapidly convergent to apex ; apical constriction and poste-
rior depression well marked, median line concave; disk rather finely but not
closely punctate. Elytra strongly narrowed behind, finely sparsely punctate and
immaculate, apices obliquely truncate, the outer angle acute but not spiniform.
Length 11 mm.
Described from a single male specimen taken by Mr. F. S. Dag-
gett on the Kern River (elevation 6000 feet), California.
The fifth ventral is broadly but not deeply arcuately emarginate,
the limiting angles acute. In propinqua the fifth ventral is much
more deeply emarginate. The unspotted elytra and coloration easily
distinguish the present species from any of those nearly related.
Ijeptura subcostata n. sp. — Entirely black, pubescence very short, fine,
and rather sparse, not longer on the prothorax, blackish throughout; head,
thorax and elytra nearly equally, very finely and somewhat sparsely punctate,
surface moderately shining. Antennae ( 9 ) slightly longer than half the body,
filiform, not at all stouter externally, fourth joint three-fourths as long as the
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250 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
tliird. riftl) joint visibly shorter tlian the tliiid, eleventh not longer than the
tenth. Prothorax subconical, the sirles convergent and nearly straight, interrup-
ted by a feeble prominence at apical third, basal and apical constrictions very
slight at sides, more evident in the form of tolerably well defined impressions at
middle, base and apex narrowly sharply margined, hind angles slightly produced.
Elytra obviously but not strongly narrowed behind, the apices dehiscent and
rather narrowly subsiniiately obliquely truncate, the outer angle moderately
acute; disk with two tine cost* extending from the base to about the apical
sixth, the inner one fairly well marked, the outer one ill defined. Length 18 mm.
Described from a single female specimen taken by the writer at
Lake Tahoe. The fiftli ventral is truncate with rounded angles.
This species should stand in the first division of the genus, but may
be distinguished from any known to me by the conical rather than
companulate thorax, the hind angles but slightly produced. Add
to this the elytral cost?e, the very fine punctuation, and the blackish
pubescence of the prothorax, which is not larger than that of the
elytra, and we have a combination of characters which should make
its recognition easy.
Leptiira barberi n. sp.— Entirely black, head and prothorax dull from
the density of the punctuation, elytra shining. Pubescence fine, fuscous, very
short and inconspicuous on the elytra, longer and erect on the prothorax. Head
elongated anteriorly, tempora moderate, a little oblique. Antennse slender, fili-
form and cylindrical, as long as the body ( % ), fourth joint three-fourths as long
as the third, the latter subequal to the fifth, eleventh not appendiculate. Pro-
thorax subparallel in basal two-thirds, thence narrowed to the apical constric-
tion ; base broadly bisinuate, margined but not constricted or impressed; hind
angles small, acute, abruptly produced; surface very densely punctate, a short
smooth impunctate line behind the middle. Elytra nearly twice as wide as the
basal width of the thorax (exclusive of the angles), strongly narrowed posteriorly,
the tips rounded and dehiscent; disk strongly convex at base, the entire surface
with not very coarse sharply impressed punctures, which are distant from one to
two times their own diameters. Beneath with rather longer grayish pubescence.
Length 8-9 mm.
The type is a male collected at Fieldbrook, Humboldt County,
California, by Mr. H. S. Barber. With it I have associated exam-
ples taken on the Kern River (elevation 6000 feet) by Mr. Daggett,
and in western Nevada by Prof. Baker.
The fifth ventral segment is nearly similarly narrowly truncate in
both sexes, the female difl^ering from the male only in the shorter
antennae and more robust form.
Barberi should probably enter the first group (Leng's Aa) of the
genus, but dififers from anything therein by the relatively narrow
prothorax, resembliiig certain Acnumps in this respect.
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251
L.eptiira cockerelli n. sp.— Black throughout, moderately shining, pu-
bescence obscure fusco-cinereous, very short and strongly inclined on the elytra,
longer and erect on the prothorax. Head densely but not coarsely punctate,
median line finely impressed ; tempora short, slightly convergent. Antennse
three-fourths as long as the body {%). not at all incrassate and not obviously
compressed ; fourth joint very slightly shorter than the third and subequal to the
sixth, fifth slightly longer, eleventh one-third longer than the tenth, the con-
striction faint. Prothorax not wider than the head, as wide as long, apical con-
striction moderate, sides parallel at middle or slightly convergent to the basal
constriction ; hind angles laminiform but short and obtusely rounded, not more
prominent than the sides; base impressed before the scutellum, hind margin
deeply sinuate each side within the angles; disk densely rather finely punctate
and rather shining, a short median impunctate line before the base. Elytra
moderately narrowed behind, rather finely and closely punctate, apex feebly
narrowly obliquely truncate. Length 9.5-11 mm.
New Mexico, Beulah (Cockerell) ; Colorado, Ouray (Fenyes).
The described type is a S from Beulah. In this sex the fifth
ventral is broadly truncate emarginate, the angles slightly produced.
The female differs from the male in its nearly parallel elytra, which
in the single specimen at hand are not at all truncate at tip, the
slightly wider ])rothorax and the shorter antenna?, these being about
half the length of the body with the outer joints shorter. The fifth
ventral in the 9 is broadly arcuato-truncate. In form cockerelli
agrees very closely with crassipes, near which it should stand in the
table.
lieptiira iii!«igiiis n. sp.— Eufotestaceous, elytra S(miewbat paler; surface
moderately shining, pubescence fine, short, inconspicuous; prothorax immacu-
late or rarely with two faint longitudinal discal spots ; elytra each with two elon-
gate marginal blackish spots before the middle, a rather broad brown discal stripe
from the humerus nearly to the apex, and a short subbasal inner vitta confluent
anteriorly with the discal stripe. Head densely finely punctate, median line
impressed, tempora distinctly oblique. Antennse subequal in length to the body
(%), or three-fifths the length (9). Prothorax finely closely punctate but some-
what shining, a little longer than wide, sides moderately convergent from base
to apex, feebly bisinuated by the apical and basal constrictions, transverse basal
depression well marked, median line rather strongly impressed from the middle
to the apical constriction, disk feebly impressed each side the middle; hind
angles broadly feebly laminate, not produced. Elytra slightly narrowed poste-
riorly, apices rounded, without trace of sinus or sutural spine. Surface veiy
finely and rather sparsely punctate. Length 20-25 mm.
California, Monterey (Fuchs and Fenyes).
In the male the fifth ventral segment is broadly rather deeply
arcuato-emarginate, the angles dentiform and acute ; the fifth seg-
ment in the female is squarely truncate.
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252 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
This species is very closely allied to validus, but differs constantly
in elytral markings and the form of the elytra! apices. In validus
the markings consist of tliree transverse series of elongate spots, and
the apex is transversely sinuate with the sutural angle spiniform.
(JHRYSOMELID^.
Ijiiporod«'S semiflaviis n. sp. — Oblong; head, antenna', piotliorax,
under surface except the abdomen, and legs, yellow ; elytra metallic blue-green,
abdomen picescent; upper surface highly polished thioughout. Head very
slightly narrower than the prothorax at middle, eyes nioderateiy prominent,
vertex each side with a longitudinal arcuate row of three imnctures, the middle
one largest, the others minute ; surface otherwise impunctate. Antennte a little
longer than half the body, slender, second joint small, scarcely more than half
the length of the third ; three, four and five equal or nearly so and more than
three times as long as wide, outer joints gradually a little shorter. Prothorax
nearly as long as wide, three-fifths as wide as the elytra at base, sides broadly
arcuate, front angles narrowly obliquely truncate, hind angles small, dentiform ;
surface impunctate. Front coxse distinctly separated by the presternum; first
joint of hind tarsus a little longer than the next two. Length 3 mm.
Dripping Spring, Organ Mts. (Cockerell).
The type is a male, having the basal joint of the front and middle
tarsi strongly dilated. Of our previously described species none
have the basal joints of the antennse proportioned as in the present
one, though spretus and texanus approac^h it in this respect. In both
of these the fourth joint is distinctly longer than the third and sub-
equal to the second and third united ; they moreover differ much in
color, and texanus is further distinguished by the contiguous front
coxse. Bivittatus and varicornis alone agree with semiflavus in the
color of the head.
Clisetociieina COStata n. sp. — Moderately broadly oval, piceous, with
distinct green-bronze lustre. Antennse rufotestaceous at Ijase {outer joints want-
ing), tibiae and tarsi pale. Head alutaceous, numerously punctate, punctures a
little coarser in the clypeal region. Prothorax scarcely one-third wider than
long, widest behind the middle, sides arcuate and a little nairowed in front, front
angles narrowly obliquely truncate, with slight post-apical angulations; surface
not alutaceous, punctuation rather fine, a little coarser near the base and sides,
punctures separated by from one to two times their own diameters. Elytra not
quite one-fourth longer than wide, basal width subequal to that of the prothorax,
sides divergent and nearly straight to basal two-fifths, where they are broadly
but distinctly subangulate, thence broadly arcuate and slightly convergent, apex
obtusely rounded ; surface alutaceous, punctures a little confused in the scutellar
region, intervals 3-5-7-9 rather strongly costiform. Beneath closely rather
strongly punctate. Length 2-3 mm.; width 1.4 mm.
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New Mexico. A single specimen taken at Cloudcroft by Viereck.
Type in collection of Atner. Ent. Soc, Pliiladelphia.
The species differs remarkably from all previously described in
the siibangulate sides and costiform intervals of the elytra. It may
follow corijinis in Horn's table.
TENEBRIONID^.
Paratenetiis criiiitiiK n. sp.
Smaller and slightly stouter than pundatus, with which it agrees
in a general way, but distinguishable as follows: Erect hairs numer-
ous and conspicuous, punctuation relatively a little coarser, very
noticeably coarser and denser on the abdomen ; autennal club not
darker, prothorax a trifle more transverse, sides a little more
rounded ; metasternum between the coxse but slightly longer than
the diameter of the middle coxal cavity, subequal to the post coxal
length of the first ventral segment and shorter than the second seg-
ment. In pundatus the erect hairs of the upper surface are shorter
and very sparse, being nearly confined to the marginal portions of
the thorax and elytra; the intercoxal length of the metasternum is
nearly twice the diameter of the middle coxal cavity and much
longer than any of the ventral segments. In crinitus tlie metaster-
num is almost as short as in fuscus, which species is, however, very
distinct by its subinflated elytra, more rounded sides of the prothorax
and absence of erect hairs on the upper surface. As indicated by
the very short metasternum the wings are rudimentary in fuscus and
it is probable that they are so, though perhaps in less degree, in
crinitus. In all the species of this genus, of which males are known
to me, the anterior tibise are in this sex strongly acutely toothed
at the middle of the postero-interior margin.
A single example from Trout Spring, sent by Prof. Cockerell.
MELANDRYIDtE.
Carebara brevicollis n. sp. — Elongate, parallel, brown, finely punctate
and pubescent. Antennae less stout than in longula, the fifth joint fully, the
tenth nearly as long as wide. Prothorax very slightly more than three-fifths as
long as wide, width greatest very slightly before the base, where it is visibly
greater than that of the base of the elytra ; sides feebly rounded and rather
strongly convergent anteriorly, all the angles rounded; basal impressions dis-
tinct; between them and immediately before the scutellum a still smaller impres-
sion. Elytra four and one-sixth times as long as the prothorax, parallel, some-
what depressed, apex obtusely rounded. Length 6 mm. ; width 1.75 mm.
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254 AMERICAN COLEOPTEKA.
Cloudcroft, Sacramento Mts., New Mexico. A single female col-
lected by Mr. Knaus.
In C. longula, a rare species of the Middle Atlantic States, the
fifth antennal joint is slightly transverse, the following joints increas-
ingly so, the thorax about as long as wide, with the sides nearly
parallel, the basal impressions obsolete or very faint.
Carebara californica n. sp. — Intermediate in some respects between
longula and brevicoUis. The antennae are as in hrevicollis, prothorax less elongate
than in longula, but more so than in brevicoUis, being from three-fourths to four-
fifths as long as wide, the sides obviously convergent anteriorly, but less strongly
so than in brevicoUis ; basal impressions distinct. Elytra much shorter relative to
the prothorax than in brevicoUis, being very nearly three and one-sixth times as
long. Length 3.75-5.5 mm.
California, San Bernardino Mts. (5000 feet). Common on pines
in midsummer.
MORDELLID.E.
JVIortlella fuscocinerea n. sp. — Eather slender, strongly cuneiform,
black, clothed uniformly above with sericeous brownish cinereous hair, the scu-
tellum slightly, the elytral suture not at all, paler. Beneath cinereous pubescent,
a piceous spot near the posterior margin of the hind coxal plate, and the ventral
segments fuscous posteriorly, especially at the sides. Length 3i-4i mm.
Alamogordo, New Mexico (Viereck).
Nearly allied to scutellaris, but narrower and more strongly
attenuate posteriorly, and of quite a different aspect because of the
much paler pubescence. The antennal and palpal structure is nearly
as in scutellaris. The .sexes differ only very slightly, the eyes being
a trifle larger in the male, the anteunse scarcely stouter or more ser-
rate in this sex, the outer joints (8-10) about as long as wide.
Nordella perliiieata n. sp. — Elongate, moderately attenuate, disk of
elytra somewhat flattened ; black, prothorax varied with cinereous nearly as in
marginata, elytra with the suture and four narrow vittse on each cinereous, the
inner one extending only to the middle or slightly beyond ; beneath as in margi-
nata. Length 4-4i mm.
New Mexico (Cloudcroft and Wootens), collected by Cockerell,
Knaus and Viereck.
This species is most nearly related to oetopanetata and marginata,
but differs markedly from the latter in its more flattened dorsum, the
elytra being evidently less strongly arched wiien viewed in profile.
Tlie antennse are of the same type as in marginata but broader, the
median joints widest, a little longer and more evidently serrate in
the male, in which sex the outer sides (especially) of the joints bris-
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tie with short fine erect hairs. Last joint of maxillary palpi broadly
triangular, with the inner angle sharply defined in the male, more
narrowly triangular with the inner angle more or less rounded in
the female. The head is relatively wider than in any other species
of the genus now before me except octopunctata, being in the male
as wide as the elytra at base.
.MORDELLISTEIVA.
Of the fourteen species of this genus recorded in the preceding
list I have not personally seen the following from the territory :
aspersa, inornata, impatiens, angusta and cemula. With the possible
exception of impatiens and angusta I have no reason to doubt the
correctness of the references. Both impatiens and a7igusta possess
characters which should make them easily recognizable, and neither
could by any possibility, I think, be identical with any of the other
species of the present list. The genus might profitably be revised,
and when so done, special search should be made for other charac-
ters besides the so called tibial and tarsal ridges, which though of
very great value, must at times be used with caution. It is certain
that the palpi and antennse offer characters which can be used to
advantage.
.nordellistena I'estiva n. sp.— Form and size of trifasciata and lepidula.
Yellow throughout, the elytra with black markings as follows: An elongate scn-
tellar spot; a small humeral spot connected along the base with the former; a
broad median black fascia interrupted at the suture, and a narrower subapical
fascia. Hind tibia with two strongly oblique, equal, parallel " ridges", extend-
ing half way across. Length 2 mm.
Las Vegas Hot Springs (Barber and Schwarz).
Closely allied to trifasciaia and lepidula, in both of which, how-
ever, the elytral apex is always black.
Mordellisteiia palleiis n. sp.— Pale yellowish testaceous, abdomen iu-
fuscate, except at apex ; antennae with outer joints dusky. Form slender, linear,
pubescence pale yellow. Antennse slender, fourth joint four-fifths as long as the
fifth, the latter evidently shorter than the third and fourth united. Terminal
joint of maxillary palpi not very strongly dilated, about twice as long as wide,
the outer edge shorter than the inner. Hind tibia with two rather short oblique
ridges, the upper slightly more oblique, and with trace of a third ridge; first
joint of hind tarsi with three ridges, the second with two. Length 3.3 mm.
"Mesilla, July 31, at light" (Cockerell).
Closely allied to tosta, the type of which is entirely pale, the
fourth joint of antennse about two- thirds as long as the fifth, the
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256 AMERICAN COLEOPTEKA.
latter as long as the two preceding united ; the tibial ridges longer.
Specimens taken by Mr. Schwarz at Derning and identified as tosta,
are probably the present species, and are so given in the preceding
list. Two other forms in my collection are superficially scarcely dis-
tinguishable from pallens. One of these, from Onaga, Kansas,
agrees fairly well with notes taken upon the type of tosta and is so
labeled. Another form, collected at Tyngsboro, Mass., by Mr.
Blanchard, by whom it was labeled tosta, seems surely distinct by
the following brief characterization :
iVIordellistena erraiis n. sp. — Entirely yellowish testaceous. Ttiniinal
joint of maxillary palpi broadly triangular, scarcely one-half longer than wide,
the apical edge as long as the inner. Fourth antennal joint longer than the fifth.
Hind tibia with two rather short oblique ridges, not reaching the middle of the
face of the tibia, and a very small rudimentary third ridge. First and second
joints of hind tarsi with two very oblique ridges, the second joint with rudiments
of a third ridge. Length 3.6 mm.
The fourth antennal joint longer than the fifth is a very unusual
character, which I do not recall seeing elsewhere.
Mordellistena sericans n. sp.— Slender, black, rather densely clothed
with grayish silky pubescence; base of antennae and front and middle legs more
or less pale. Terminal joint of maxillary palpi about twice as long as wide;
fourth antennal joint slightly shorter and narrower than the fifth. Hind tibiae
with three short moderately oblique ridges, the upper one sometimes smaller,
and a rudimentary fourth one present in some specimens. First joint of hind
tarsi with four ridges, the upper one at times feeble ; second joint with two ridges.
Length 3-3i mm.
New Mexico (Gallup, HighroUs, Elba) ; California (Pomona).
An apparently cotnmon species in the southwest, specimens of
which bear the name nnieolor in some collections. The latter is a
stouter species with rather less silky pubescence, abdomen pale at
apex, and the third tarsal joint with two ridges.
Mordellistena suspecia n. sp. — Black, linear, pubescence cinereous
with sparse fuscous hairs, which on the elytra tend to arrange themselves in lon-
gitudinal lines, giving a faint vittate appearance. Last joint of maxillary palpi
modei'ately dilated, the apical edge subequal to the inner. Antenna^ piceous
throughout, the fourth joint three-fourths as long as the fifth. Hind tibia; with
three short slightly ol)lique ridges; first joint of hind tarsus with three, second
with two not very oblique ridges. Length 2.5-3 mm.
Pecos (Cockerell).
Apparently most nearly related to the eastern convicta. The
latter is more evidently vittate, with the front legs and base of
antennse pale.
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IVIordellistena divisa Lee.
A specimen taken at Pecos by Prof. Cockerell seems to fit Le
Conte's description, differing from the eastern inarginalis by its
more abundant paler yellowisii pubescence as indicated by LeConte.
I find also that the antennae are much stouter than in marginalis,
the outer joints being but little longer than wide, while in margina-
lis— as represented by examples from Ohio — they are nearly or quite
twice as long as wide. If the Pecos specimen is really clivisa, as
seems very probable, the validity of the species is unquestionable.
MELOID^E.
Zoiiitis martini n. sp. — Piceous, thorax red, with a small faint central
dark spot; surface feebly shining and with very short, fine, recumbent, pale
pubescence. Head less elongate than in atripennis, the mandibles less prolonged ;
epistoma and front of labriim pale; tempora parallel, front and vertex densely
not coarsely punctate, occiput more sjjarsely punctate. Eyes large, distant on the
front by baiely twice the length of the second antennal joint, beneath by veiy
slightly more than the length of tliis joint. Antennte slender, setaceous, moie
than three-fourths the length of the body, second joint three-fourths the length
of the third, joints 3-10 subequal, three times as long as wide or a little less, ter-
minal joint a little longer. Protborax equal in width to the head, slightly more
than three-fourths as long as wide, sides parallel in basal half, rounded and con-
vergent in front, apex but little more than half the width of the base; surface
strongly and moderately closely punctate, the punctures somewhat unevenly
disposed, but separated as a rule by less than their own diameters; median line
finely but distinctly sulcate posteriorly. Elytra densely punctate, the punctures
of moderate size and closely crowded. Spurs of hind tibiae equal, rather slender
and acute. Length 8 mm.
Engle, New Mexico. A single specimen collected by Miss Nora
Newberry and sent me by Prof. Cockerell. A second specimen
collected by Master Martin D. Cockerell at Mesilla Park on mes-
quite is in the National Museum collection. It gives me pleasuie to
dedicate the species to its original discoverer. The type is a male,
having the fifth ventral segment broadly triangularly emarginate.
It is a true Zonitis, the maxillary process being undeveloped.
ZonitiK vigilans n. sp.— Yellow, elytra brownish, metasteruum, tibia'
and tarsi dusky; pubescence pale, short, sparse and moderately inclined. Head
of the usual elongate form, the tempora scarcely diverging, surface closely punc-
tate, a small smooth callus between the eyes. Eyes very large, separated on the
front by a distance equal to their own vertical diameter, beneath by a distance
rather less than the length of the second antennal joint. Anteunaj three-fourths
the length of the body, slender, setaceous, second joint three-fourths the length
of the third, intermediate joints parallel and about four times as long as wide.
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258 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
Prothorax obviously wider tl)au the head, a little wider than long, sides parallel
in basal two-thirds, rounded and strongly convergent apically ; surface closely
rather strongly punctate, median line faintly briefly impressed posteriorly.
Elytra densely punctate, the punctures, however, not so closely crowded as in
martini. Spurs of hind tiliise subequal, moderately stout ; subacute. Length 9 mm.
The unique type is a male from California, precise locality un-
known. It resembles martini more closely than any previously
described form, hut is easily distinguished by the more elongate
head, larger eyes, more slender antenna), color and several other
differences evident when the descriptions are compared. Both spe-
cies would by their large eyes, which extend beneath the head, be
associated with longicornis and vittipennis.
Epicaiitil iiigrala n. sp. — Black, moderately densely cinereo-pubescent;
outer joints of antennae gradually rufescent, tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown.
■Anteunge slightly more than half as long as the body, slender, gradually and
very slightly attenuate, 2ud joint scarcely more than half the length of the 3rd,
3-11 subequal, filiform, each about four or five times as long as wide. Head and
prothorax finely alutaceous but somewhat shining, moderately finely not densely
punctate, the latter slightly longer than wide, parallel, narrowed in front, median
line impressed as usual. Elytra finely scabrous and dull, finely punctate, the
pubescence condensed in a narrow sutural line and along the outer margin.
Front tibiae of male with a single spur ; basal joint of front tarsi concave beneath.
In the female there are as usual two tibial spurs, and the front tarsi are unmodi-
fied. Length 7-10 mm.
Taken at Cloudcroft and Wootens by Mr. Knaus.
With the typical form ] have placed a series collected at Pecos
by Prof. Gockerell, and others from Williams, Arizona, taken by
myself, these differing only in the tibiae and tarsi being scarcely at
all rufescent, and the sutural line of denser pubescence very faintly
indicated.
This species is evidently a near ally of j)edalis from Lower Cali-
fornia, which is said to be sparsely pubescent, with rufous legs, the
knees, front tibise and tarsi darker.
Epicauta ruidosana n. sp. — Black, rather sparsely clothed above with
short black pubescence, which is intermixed with white on the head; entire
basal margin of the prothorax with a compact fringe of short erect white hair; a
thin median vitta of the same color; elytra with a narrow dense sutural and
marginal line of white hair except at base; pubescence of under surface white,
that of the legs mixed, the hairs of the femora mainly white, and of the tibiae
and tarsi largely black. Antennae slightly longer than half the body, slender,
filiform, not distinctly attenuate or compressed ; second joint about one-third the
length of the third, the latter one-half longer than the fourth ; following joints
scarcely visibly decreasing in length, and each about three times as long as wide.
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Head qii:i(lr;ite, feebly shiniup, rather coarsely and closely punctate, median line
impressed, more deeply so behind. Prothorax subqnadrate, sides parallel, punc-
tuation equally close and nearly as coarse as that of the head. Elytra dull, finely
punctate. Front tibise with two spurs in both sexes. Length 10-13 mm.
Three examples are before nie, all collected by Townsend on the
North Fork of the Ruidoso, White Mountains, 7200 feet.
By Horn's table this species would stand with caviceps because of
its antennal structure.
RHIPIPHORID^.
,Myo«liles vierecki n. sp. — FemaZe.— Black, prothorax with sides and
middle of base yellow, or almost entirely black, with but slight trace of yellow
at sides; elytra yellow; abdomen yellow, first four or five dorsal segments each
with a large transverse black spot, the whole forming a broad stripe; terminal
dorsal with small subapical spot and the side margins near the apex black ; ven-
tral segments marked transversely with black in varying degree; legs entirely
yellow. Head closely but not very coarsely punctate, vertex obtuse. Antennal
rami unusually long, notably decreasing in length from base to apex. Prothorax
finely, moderately closely punctate basally, broadly smooth at sides and in front ;
elytra indistinctly punctate, abdomen very finely so. First joint of hind tarsus
about twice as long as wide, much wider than the following joint and twice as
long. Length 8-11 mm.
Alainogorda (Viereck) ; Florence, Arizona (Skinner).
Of this species females only have been seen. By Le Conte's table
(Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1880, p. 210) popenoi, semiflavus and seaber
are said to have the abdomen in the female yellow, while in all the
remaining species it is black in both sexes. In this respect the
present species occupies an intermediate position, the prevailing color
being yellow, but with about as much black as yellow in some speci-
mens. From popenoi, vierecki may be further separated by the much
less stout basal joint of the hind tarsus, while the smooth thorax and
less densely punctured head will separate it from seaber. I have
compared with type of semijiavus (described from Maryland) and
found them quite distinct, but neglected to make note of differences.
Solidaginis Pierce agrees well in size, in tarsal formation and
general aspect, but differs by the black legs and uniforndy punc-
tured thorax. In both solidaginis and seaber the antennal pectina-
tions are of nearly uniform length from base to apex, and very much
shorter than in vierecki, in which the basal ramus is fully twice as
long as the apical and about three-fourths as long as the widtii of
the front between the eyes. This character will I believe separate
the present species from many, and perhaps all of our previously
described forms.
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260 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
OTIORHYNCHID^.
Opliiwaxites Myiniiietrious n. sp. — Elongate-oval, strongly convex,
densely clothed with cinereous, ochieous and dark brown scales and with abund-
ant erect short brownish pointed setfe. Beak evidently longer than wide, mod-
erately dilated at apex, separated from the front by an evident though not strong
transverse impression ; upper surface trisulcate, median sulcus broader and with
a central carina; lateral sulci shorter, broader behind and not very well limited
externally. Antennje cinereous, club piceous; first six funicular joints longer
than wide, the outer ones only slightly so, seventh joint as wide as long, basal
joint shorter than the next two together; front moderately convex, with an
elongate median fovea. Prothorax five-eighths wider than long, widest just
before the middle, sides moderately nearly evenly arcuate, not tuberculate;
apical constriction feeble, basal constriction wanting; surface broadly uniformly
convex, deeply, rather coarsely, unevenly punctate. Elytra oval, nearly two-
fifths wider than the thorax and one-half longer than wide, sides broadly evenly
arcuate, base truncate, the angles nearly right, but small and only very slightly
prominent; striaj fine, the punctures scarcel.v detectable; interspaces nearly flat,
but alternately a little more convex. Beneath densely scaly as above, the scales
in great part cinereous, but minged with ochreous at the base of the abdomen
and on the sternal side pieces; setfe paler, finer and more inclined than above.
Legs slender, tarsi narrow, all the joints elongate, the basal joint of hind tarsi
more than twice as long as wide and shorter than the next two combined ; third
joint emarginate rather deeply but not at all wider than the second ; first three
joints beneath concave, glabrous at middle, densely pilose at sides ; terminal joint
scaly and setose. Length 10.5 mm. ; width 4 mm.
Santa Fe (Fenyes), one example. The maculation of this species
is more distinct and symmetrical than usual in this genus, and is as
follows : head with a median vertical vitta of dark brown ; a wider
stripe of the same color through the eye, continued in a sharply
defined prothoracic vitta; middle third of the prothorax cinereous,
sides beyond the brown vitta cinereous, flanks with an ochreous
stripe. Interspaces 1-3-5, etc., ochreous ; 2-4-6, etc., cinereous,
each with a double row of elongate dark brown spots. The tarsal
structure of this species is so different from that of any of our other
Ophryastes as to perhaps exclude it from this genus; as remarked
by Horn, however, there is some variation in this respect among our
older species. Otiier characters separating symmetricus from previ-
ously described species are : the median rostral carina, more abund-
ant and more erect setse, lack of lateral thoracic tuberosities and
slightly arcuate first ventral suture.
The establishment of Eupagoderes by Horn for certain species
previously referred to Ophryastes has not proved satisfactory, all
the characters named being gradatioual. The most conspicuous of
these, taking the species as a whole, is the presence of lateral callosi-
FALL AND COCKERELL. 261
ties of the prothorax in Ophryastes, but as pointed out by Dr.
Sharp in the "Biologia" this cannot be properly regarded as a
generic character. The latter author is, however, equally at fault
in stating that the two genera may be separated by the presence
(Eupagoderes) or the absence (Ophryastes) of adhesive pubescence
on the lobes of the third tarsal joints, this character being a purely
sexual one in at least a considerable number of species of both
genera and possibly in all.
Anametis subfusca u. sp.-Closely related to griseu, from which it
differs as follows: the scaly covering is a darker brownish-gray, the elytral sets
more numerous and still less evidently serial in arrangement ; prothorax finely
subgranulate, the granules closely placed, flattened, each bearing from four to
six of the closely adherent scales. The surface in grisea is nearly smooth, not
evidently grannlato-reticulate. Length 6-7 mm.
■ The type is a ^ from Cloudcroft, collected by Mr. Knaus.
The form is subparallel, the elytra but slightly wider than the
thorax ; the last dorsal segment truncate and emarginate, the last
ventral subtruncate at apex and with a broad deep concavity ex-
tending throughout its length ; third funicular joint about three-
fourths as long as the second. With the male type I have associ-
ated two female specimens taken by Prof. Cockerell at Beulah and
Pecos, which differ in their wider more oval elytra, being in fact
closely similar in form to grisea. In these the terminal dorsal and
ventral segments are rather narrowly rounded at apex, the latter
with a much smaller apical impression ; the third funicular joint
hut little more than half the length of the second. The present
species bears a very deceptive resemblance to Thricomigus Intens,
which differs, however, in its arcuate first ventral suture and iu the
stouter antennal funicle and club.
Ciiiibocera couspersa n. sp.— Rather more than two and one-half
times as long as wide; black, densely clothed with small rounded scales and
numerous rather fine pointed erect pale hairs, which vary in length from one to
two times the width of the sutural interspace; scales cinereous, mottled with
darker gray or brownish-gray, the pale color usually predominating. Head
evenly convex ; eyes oval, feebly convex ; beak stout, slightly longer than wide,
ii little dilated at apex, distinctly separated from the front by a transverse im-
pression ; upper surface nearly flat, neither sulcate nor carinate. Antennae
rather stout, 1st joint of funicle about equal in length to the next two, 2nd snb-
equal to the two following; 3-7 transverse, gradually slightly wider; 7th about
as distinct from the club as usual. Prothorax four-fifths as long as wide, sides
moderately evenly arcuate, basal and apical constrictions feeble, base and apex
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262 AMERICAN COLEOPTEKA.
squarely truncate, equal in width ; pronotal scales in great part dark in color
with a narrow median pale vitta, which is sometimes not well defined. Elytra
oval, one-third wider than tl)e prothorax and two and two-third times as long;
scales confusedly mottled, erect hairs forming a fairly regular series on each
interspace; stripe finely impressed, distinctly closely punctate, interspaces flat or
slightly convex. Beneath scaly and hairy as above, the hairs more inclined ;
front tibia; mucronate at tip and with a few small denticles along the inner
margins; middle tibiae more feebly mucronate, hind tibia; not appreciably mucro-
nate, third tarsal joint not wider than the second, moderately emarginate as
viewed from above. Length 6-7 mm.
Described from a fairly good series taken by Dr. Fen yes and
Prof. Cockerell at Santa Fe and San Ildefonso respectively. Other
specimens apparently identical in every way are in my collection
from "Arizona."
The reference to Cimbocera is provisional, though aside from the
distinct separation of the seventh funicular joint from the club, and
the evidently mucronate middle tibiae, the characters seem to agree
well with Horn's diagnosis. The second ventral segment is said to
be equal to the next two in length in C. patiper, but is considerably
longer than the next two in conspeisa.
Pandeletejus rotiiii(lic-olIi$« n.sp.— Similar in size and general aspect
to hilaris. Clothed throughout with a dense crust of dark brown and cinereous
scales, the dark scales condensed in a somewhat imperfect subfusiform dorsal
pronotal vitta, the two colors broadly confused on the elytral disk ; the apex, in
great part, and an irregular lateral spot on each cinereous; entire surface with
very short recumbent extremely inconspicuons sette, which are arranged in sin-
gle series on the elytral interspaces and are more evident beneath. Head and
beak in front of the eyes longer than wide, sides moderately convergent apically,
upper surface concave, apex triangularly emarginate and with a very small tri-
angular smooth area. Antennae pale, funicle six-jointed, first joint stouter and
about as long as the next two, second subequal in length to but not wider than
the next two, outer joints submoniliform and gradually slightly wider. Pro-
thorax nearly as long as wide, sides strongly roundly dilated, basal and apical
constrictions equal. Elytra widest at apical two-fifths, where they are a little
less than twice the thoracic width ; striae fine, interspaces nearly flat. Anterior
tibiae nearly straight, suddenly a little bent at the extreme tip, the inner margin
with about eight denticles. Length 4.5-5.5 mm.
Described from two examples taken by Mr. Knaus at Cloudcroft
in June.
Distinguishable at once from all our other species by the 6-jointed
funicle, which does not, however, necessitate generic separation, all
other characters being those of Pandeletej us. The thorax is more
strongly rounded at sides than in any of our other species and the
rostrum is rather longer.
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I'andeletejilis simplariiis^ n. sp. — A little stouter thau hilaris, and
like it densely clothed with brown and cinereous scales, confusedly mottled on
the elytra, the prothorax with a central fusiform vitta and some lateral spots
dark; recumbent setje excessively short, sparse and inconspicuous. Beak before
the eyes \ exclusive of the mandibles) wider than long, narrowed anteriorly,
upper surface flat and finely snlcate. Antennal funicle 7-jointed, 1st joint not
much shorter than the three following, the outer joints subequal, short, evidently
longer than wide, and not increasing in width. Prothorax as long as wide, sides
moderately strongly arcuate, apical constriction less marked than usual, the
basal constriction especially short and feeble. Elytra slightly more than twice
as long and barely one-half wider than the prothorax, widest behind the middle,
striae flue; intervals broad and fiat. Legs lufotestaceous, front tibiae a little bent
at apex and with about seven denticles on the inner margin. Length 5 mm.
The type, and only specimen seen by me, was taken at Cloudcroft
by Mr. Knaus. The large prothorax with feeble basal and apical
constrictions, short robust beak and longer first funicular joint, are
the principal distinguishing characters of this species.
I'andeletejus subtropicuiii n. sp. — Moderately elongate, densely
clothed with dark brown and pale brown or grayish-brown scales, the recurved
setae stouter than usual but very sparse and inconspicuous. Beak subquadrate,
barely as long before the eyes as its width, median line finely sulcate. Antennae
pale, funicle 7-jointed, 1st joint a little longer thau the next two, outer joints
very slightly increasing in width, the seventh as wide as long. Prothorax longer
than wide, narrow, cylindrical, dilated a little in about its middle half, scales
pale brown in abroad dorsal vitta, sides dark brown. Elytra twice as wide as
the prothorax, humeri nearly rectangular and narrowly rounded, sides very
slightly divergent posteriorly in the male, more distinctly so in the female; disk
broadly variegated with dark and pale brown, the former predominating, this
darker area entered by an oblique median pale fascia which does not reach the
suture; sides and apex paler; interspaces alternately more convex, becoming
quite prominently so at the summit of the apical declivity. Legs and lower sur-
face as usual. Length 2.3-4 mm.
Florida (Key Largo).
Several examples collected by Mr. Beyer.
This species agrees with cinereus in its small size and narrow sub-
cylindrical thorax, but differs from it and all our other species in its
alternately costiform elytral intervals, in the prevailing brown color
of the scales, and in the paler central dorsal vitta of the pronotum,
this being darker than the lateral region in all others.
Our five species may be tabulated as follows:
Antennal funicle 6-jointed rotiiiidicullis.
Antennal funicle 7-jointed.
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264 AMERICAN COLEOPTEKA.
Prothorax much more than half as wide as the elytra, the sides strongly
rounded, size larger, averaging 4.5 or 5 mm.
Prothoracic constrictions (especially the basal one) feeble, first funicular
joint very distinctly longer than the next two i^impliiriu^i.
Prothoracic constrictions strong, first funicular joint not longer than tlie
next two hiiai'is.
Prothorax not or but little more than half as wide as the elytra, form more
cylindrical, size smaller, averaging about 3 mm.
Alternate elytral interspaces not elevated, median dorsal pronotal viltadarki
prevailing color of scales gray ciiiereus.
Alternate elytral interspaces elevated, median vitta of pronotum pale, pre-
vailing color of scales brown iitubt ropiciis.
Cyphoininiiis ochreus n. sp. — Rufotestaceous, form and size almost
precisely as in C. dorsalis. Upper surface clothed throughout with small rounded
ochreous scales having a faint greenish lustre; prothorax obscurely vittate; erect
hairs short, of same color as the scales, arranged in single series on each elytral
interval. The scales of the upper surface are nearly or quite in mutual contact
throughout, but do not at all overlap ; i)eueath they are sparser and intermixed
with hairs, the ventral surface and legs sparsely hairy, without scales. The ala'
of the beak are scarcely at all divergent ^evidently so in dorsalis), and the legs
are slightly less stout than in dorsalis, and have the anterior tibiaj finely dentic-
ulate within. Length 3.6 mm.
Cloudcroft ; collected by Mr. Knaus.
CURCQLIONIDJE.
Trichalopliiis arciiatus n. sp. — This species possesses the general
facies and characteristic sculpture and vestiture of the genus, the features of
comparative value being the following: beak broadly rather feebly channeled
above, the lateral grooves narrower and distinct, but not deep. Prothorax fully
one-fourth wider than long, widest at the middle, the sides strongl.y evenly arcu.
ate; anterior transverse impression obsolete, median line smooth for a shoit dist-
ance at middle, but neither carinate or impressed. Elytral striae quite distinct
throughout. Vestiture of upper surface evenly but somewhat obscurely mottled
that of the underside entirely hair-like. Length 12 mm. (including the beak) ;
width 5 mm.
Beulah. One example sent by Prof. Cockerel], who found it
" eating a leaf of Eubus deliciosus " in August. A second example
in Mr. Wickham's collection is labeled " Cloudcroft B. S. viii."
This species would fall near seriatus in Le Conte's table, but
differs from that in its strongly evenly arcuate sides of the prothorax
and lack of squamiform pubescence at the sides of the body beneath.
The median rostral groove is also much narrower and deeper in
seriatus.
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Phyllotrox quadrifollis n. sp.— Ferruginous, rather sparsely clothed
with recumbent golden-yellow pubescence; metasternum, tarsi and antenual
club blackish. Head coarsely densely punctate; eyes rounded, distant from the
prothorax; beak about three-fourths the length of the prothorax, just visibly
wider at apex, feebly arcuate, coarsely closely punctate and substriate. Antennte
inserted at apical third, scape directed against and barely attaining the eye ;
funicle short, stout, outer joints wider and very strongly transverse, merging
into the club. Prothorax subquadrate, sides broadly arcuate and very sliglitly
convergent nearly to apex, then suddenly narrowed to the feeble apical constric-
tion ; surface coarsely closely punctate. Elytra twice as long as the prothorax,
and barely one-fourth wider; about two-thirds longer than wide; strife scarcely
impressed, closely punctate, the punctures tending to become irregular toward
the base; intervals with a single or irregular double series of finer punctures.
Metasternum densely rather finely punctate, the preceding segments more finely
and sparsely so. Legs as in P. nubifer but stouter. Length 2.4-2.8 mm.
Beulah. Two examples on Carduus parryi (Cockerell).
There is very little sexual difference in the length of the beak,
but the male has the fifth ventral eniarginate and somewhat shorter
than in the female, the pygidium produced, convex at apex and
plainly exposed. This species resembles the paler forms of nubifer
in a general way, but is a little larger, with broader thorax, the
elytral humeri consequently less widely ex})osed, the legs thicker,
the beak shorter ; the pygidial groove does not attain the apex as it
does in nubifer.
HYPOL.ESCHUS new genus.
Beak a little longer than the head and prothorax, rather slender,
cylindrical, evenly arcuate. Antennae inserted beyond the middle,
scape not quite reaching the eyes; funicle 7-jointed, first two joints
longer, outer joints strongly transverse; scrobes moderately deep,
directed against the lower portion of the eyes, which are broadly
rotundate oval and not very convex. Prothorax cylindrical, nar
rowed and slightly constricted at apex. Elytra much wider than
the prothorax, finely striate, strise closely punctate. Prosternum
before the coxfe rather longer than the diameters of the coxal cavi-
ties ; coxfe contiguous ; middle coxae separated by half their own
diameters; metasternum longer than the first ventral segment.
Ventral segments one, two and five long, third and fourth together
equal to the second but scarcely as long as the fifth ; first suture a
little arcuate at middle. Legs rather slender, tibise straight, not at
all mucronate or unguiculate. Tarsi not very stout, pilose beneath,
third joint wider and deeply bilobed ; claws appendiculate.
This genus is related to Elleschus, but differs in the longer and
more slender legs and beak, unarmed tibise and finer and sparser
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266 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
vestitiire. Like Elleschus the second ventral suture is evidently
bent backward close to the lateral margin, and nearly as much so as
ill Proetoms decipiens, which because of this character is placed in
tiie Tychiini. It will be seen from this that it is impossible to
siiarply separate the Anthrononiini and Tychiini by this means.
The genera Elleschus, Hypoleschus and Proctorns forming in this
respect a perfect transition from one tribe to the other.
Hypoleschus atrattis n. sp.— Black, tarsi and anteniife paler, moder-
ately shining, sparsely clothed with fine cinereous appressed pubescence. Beak
rather slender, cylindrical, slightly longer than the head and prothorax, closely
finely punctate, the punctures more or less linear in form, especially above,
antennae inserted two-fifths from the apex, scape rufous, funicle and club becom-
ing gradually piceous; first and second funicular joints elongate, first stouter and
slightly longer than the second, the latter as long as the third and fourth
together; 3-7 transverse, increasing in width, the seventh fully twice as wide as
long, club broadly oval, pointed, as long as the four preceding joints. Prothorax
nearly as long as wide, sides straight and parallel in basal three-fourths, then
rounding in to the rather feeble apical constriction; disk evenly convex, and
clo.sely not very finely punctate. Elytra fully one-half wider than the prothorax,
base truncate and broadly feebly emarginate, sides parallel and very feebly arcu-
ate for two-thirds their length, thence narrowed and conjointly rounded ; striae
lightly impressed, closely punctate; interspaces nearly flat and much wider than
the strise, finely sparsely punctulate. Beneath finely punctate and sparsely pu-
bescent. Length 2.25 mm. ; width 1 mm.
Beulah (CockereJl and Skinner) ; four examples.
In each of the four specimens the abdomen is broadly concave at
base, perhaps indicating that all are males. The pygidium is deeply
longitudinally grooved in the same manner as in Phyllotrox, also a
male character.
Olidoceplialiis rhois n. sp.— A little stouter than myrmex, the form
very nearly as in dichrons ; black, polished, abundantly clothed with fine erect
black hairs, intermingled with suberect, more or less recurved, white hairs,
which are more numerous toward the sides and apex of the elytra. Beak with
coarsely punctiired superior and lateral grooves, the median line smooth, becom-
ing wider and with a few fine punctures near the apex ; front and head coarsely
densely punctured, without well defined iuterocular impre.ssions. Eyes separated
by fully three-fourths their own width. Antennae blackish, second funicular
joint a little longer than the third and quite three-fourths as long as the first;
club less than twice as long as wide. Prothorax elongate oval, base slightly nar-
rower than the apex, sides moderately arcuate, a feeble sinuation before the
apex; surface coarsely densely punctate, a narrow incomplete smooth median
line. Elytra less than twice as wide as the prothorax and not quite twice as long
as wide, wider behind, striae not or but feebly impressed, the punctures close set
but not large, interspaces wide, flat or nearly so with numerous confused setifer-
ous punctures. Under surface with plentiful short fine erect whitish hairs, the
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sternal parapleurse densely plumose squaniose. Legs moderate, femoral teeth
very small, acute. Length 5 mm. ; width 1.8 mm.
Described from a single example taken by Townsend in the
White Mts. (Rio Ruidoso, 6500 feet) on Rhus glabra.
Of the described species this is obviously most nearly related to
scrobicoUis Boh., of which Horn says the elytral intervals are a little
convex and bear each a single row of setiferous punctures, while
Casey states that the second funicular joint is barely half the length
of the first.
Epiinechus iianulus n. sp.— Black, shining, tarsi and base of antennaj
brownish; upper surface not very densely clothed with rather large white
appressed scales. Beak slender, evenly arcuate, longer than the head and thorax
(9 ), finely not densely punctate, not striate, squamose at base. Head sparsely
punctate, "without well defined frontal impressions, eyes rather flat, i^osterior
margin not free, separated on the front by a distance which is plainly less than
the width of the beak. Antennje inserted near the middle of the beak, funicle
7-jointed. first joint a little shorter than the three following united, second
slightly longer than the third, outer joints slightly wider, evidently transverse.
Prothorax wider than long, sides moderately arcuate, apical constrictions evident,
base a little wider than the apex, feebly bisinuate, surface rather coarsely deeply
closely punctate, the interspaces polished. Elytra about one-fourth wider than
the prothorax, sides nearly straight for three-fourths their length ; stria- slightly
impressed, the punctures rather coarse and closely placed ; intervals a little wider
than the strise and feebly convex. Prothorax beneath punctured and squamose;
metasternum and abdomen minutely remotely punctate and sparsely pubescent ;
legs scaly, thighs not distinctly toothed; hind tibise nearly straight. Length
1.5 mm.
Albuquerque. A single 9 specimen from an unrecorded source.
The fifth ventral is only slightly longer than the fourth ; pygidium
entirely concealed. This species is much the sntallest of the genus;
it would seem to be nearest curvipes by Dietz's table, but the latter
species is said to have the hind tibiee strongly curved in both sexes.
Epimeehus stragiilnN n. sp.— Black, plentifully though not very
densely clothed with recumbent white scales, which are narrow or even sublinear
in form; beak substriate laterally toward the base; antennal funicle 6-joiuted ;
front thighs with a minute acute tooth, middle and hind thighs not toothed ; in
other respects (except size) very nearly as in nanulus. Length 2 mm.
Wootens. A single specimen, probably a female, collected by
Mr. Knaus. Should follow adspersus in Dietz's table.
In adspersus the scales of the upper surface are shorter and wider
than in the present species and are intermixed with numerous short,
stout hairs ; the under side is more scaly also, and there is a sharply
defined linear frontal impression which is lacking in straguhis.
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268 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
C'oiiotrachelus iiivacleiisi n. s. — Robust, rufopiceous, clothed not very
densely with small narrow ochreous and broader white scales, each elytral inter-
val with a row of sliort erect setse. Beak slightly less than half the length of
the body, not striate, rather finely punctate. Antennje inserted at the middle of
the beak, first funicular joint subeqiial to the next two, second slightly shorter
than the third and fourth united, the third scarcely as long as the fourth. Front
with a small moderately deep fovea. Prothorax wider than long, subconical,
apical constriction evident but not strong; surface moderately densely not very
coarsely punctate, not at all carinate, vestiture ochreous at middle, white later-
ally. Elytra four-sevenths wider than the prothorax and three times as long,
sides parallel ; humeral angles right, abruptly rounded ; interspaces convex, the
alternate ones finely evenly carinate. Body beneath coarsely closely punctate,
vestiture sparse, consisting of very narrow whitish scale-like hairs on the abdo-
men, and of broader white scales on the sterna. Mesosternum protuberant in
front. Thighs scarcely annulated, the front and middle feebly toothed, the hind
ones more strongly and acutely so. Length 5 mm.; width 2.75 mm.
Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. Knaus at El
Paso, Texas. It should be placed next to adspersus to which it is
quite similar in appearance; the latter, however, lacks the erect bris-
tles of the elytra, and the funicular joints are differently propor-
tioned, the third joint being much longer than the fourth ; the white
scales are also more obviously condensed in spots than in the present
.species, in which they show a tendency to become aggregated in
longitudinal vittse which alternate feebly with the ochreous scales.
Acalles indi^ens n. sp.— Blackish-brown, clothed with dull yellowish
and brown scales, which are rather sparse, linear, and appressed on the pro-
thorax ; stouter, though about three times as long as wide, on the elytra, where
they are closely but not very densely placed ; in great part recumbent, but tend-
ing to become reclinate toward the sides and apex, especially on the more promi-
nent interspaces. Head and basal portion of the beak densely scaly, scales yel-
lowish on the occiput, dark brown on the front and beak; beak stout, densely
punctate, feebly carinate basally. Eyes small, flat, entirely lateral. Antennae
pale rufous, fiist Joint of funicle subequal in length to the next two together,
second joint about as long as the third and fourth united ; seventh as wide as
long, club ovate, widest a little beyond the middle. Prothorax nearly as long as
wide, broadly constricted in front, moderately rounded just before the middle,
thence convergent and nearly straight to base; surface densely evenly punctate,
median line not at all carinate or sulcate. Elytra rather broadly ovate, one-third
wider than the prothorax, and slightly less than twice as long; humeri not de-
fined ; strial punctures rather coarse, close set, the interspaces narrower than the
punctures, more or less convex. Scales obscurely mottled without well defined
spots or bauds, a small pale spot on the third interspace at the summit of the
declivity being most noticeable. Beneath very coarsely deeply punctate with
sparse linear scales. Legs dark brown, feebly annulate with pale scales. Length
3.4 mm.; width 1.7 mm.
Cloudcroft. A single example sent by Mr. Wickham, who retains
the type. This species may best precede clavatus in our list.
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A brief examination shows that our species of Aealles are divisi-
ble into two sections, in one of which the eyes are widely separated
and entirely lateral, while in the other they encroach upon the front,
their distance apart being less than the width of the beak. More or
less completely correlated with this difference in ocular structure, is
the development of the erect bristles; these being entirely or virtu-
ally absent in the species with more approximate eyes, and nearly
as constantly present in those species having the eyes smaller and
widely separated. Hubbardi is a notable exception in the latter
group.
Ceiitorhynchus nolaliilus n. sp. — Oval, piceous; knees, tibiae and
tarsi dull rufous; clothed rather thinly above with short appressed or subap-
pressed brownish scale-like hairs with sparsely scattered whitish scales, the latter
condensed in the median prothoracic channel and in a large snbquadrate scutel-
lar spot. Beak moderately punctate and striate basally, more sparsely punctate
apically. Antennse ( 9 ) inserted just behind the middle of the beak, funicle
7-jointed, first two joints subequal and elongate. Head densely punctate and
rather strongly carinate, front feebly concave. Prothorax transverse, sides
rather strongly rounded posteriorly and very slightly convergent; strongly nar-
rowed and constricted apically, the apical margin elevated ; dorsal channel deep,
lateral tubercles small ; punctuation dense and rather coarse, each puncture
bearing a narrow appressed brown scale-like hair. The median channel bears
numerous pale brown scales and there is an imperfect line of similar scales just
within the lateral tubercles. Elytra moderately elongate, deeply striate, inter-
vals nearly flat and rugose, each with two lines of brown hair-like scales, and
with very large rotundate whitish scales, scattered singly over the surface; scu-
tellar spot involving the first and second interspaces, the scales similar in color
to, but less broad than the isolated scales of the elytra. Legs and lower surface
clothed with intermixed scales and stout hairs for the most part pale in color.
Femora with a tuft of scales in the position of the usual tooth, which is probably
present though concealed by them. Claws with a moderate tooth. Length 2.8
mm. ; width 1.6 mm.
Pecos; June. A single specimen sent by Prof. Cockerell.
This species appears to be closely related to rudis, but seems
different in several details. Neither LeConte nor Deitz specifically
mention the very large rounded scales of the elytra in rudis and
they could hardly have failed to do so if present.
Ceiitortaynchus solifariiis n. sp. — Oval, piceous, last two joints of
tarsi pale; upper surface moderately densely clothed with narrow or piliform
scales, dark brown in great part, interspersed with similar whitish scales which
are sparse and inconspicuous on the disk, but become numerous in the median
groove and at the sides of the prothorax, and toward the lateral and apical mar-
gins of the elytra, where they predominate. There is a narrow scutellar spot of
overlapping pure white scales, occupying the sutural interspaces for somewhat
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less than one-third their length. Beneath with uniform whitish scales, which
are hroader than those above and closely placed, though as a rule not quite in
mutual contact. Beak ( % ) moderate, closely punctate at sides, substriate toward
the base, numerously squamo-setose almost throughout, the setae becoming more
hair-like apically. Antenna inserted just behind the apical third, funicle
6-jointed. Head closely punctate, not densely squamose with pale scales, vertex
carinate. Prothorax of the usual form, the sides subparallel for a short distance
at base, median groove fine and shallow, lateral tubercles small but distinct, sur-
face densely not coarsely punctate, scales narrow, numerous but distinctly sepa-
rated, directed toward the median line in front, radiating from a median spot
posteriorly. Femora with a small tooth; tibiae unguiculate in the male; claws
feebly toothed at base. Last ventral segment with a broad and rather deep fovea
in which the vestiture becomes hair-like, especially along its margins. Length
2.5 mm.
Guniiisou County, Colorado; Baker.
The 6-jointed funicle, toothed femora and toothed claws exclude
this species from any of the groups as limited by Dietz. It should
stand between the " subpubescens " and " angulatns" groups of this
author.
Centorltynchiis tescorum n. sp. — Oval, i)iceous, legs rufous through-
out; upper surface rather densely clothed with short piliform scales, which are
not very closely appressed and are dark brown and yellowish-white or ashy in
color. The pale scales are condensed in the pronotal channel and along the
elytral apices; and there is an elongate sutural spot of dense white scales, occu-
pying the sutural interspace only and between one-fourth and one-fifth the
length of the suture. Under surface with closely placed whitish oval scales, legs
clothed with coarse whitish hair or piliform scales. Beak not very slender, finely
punctulate apically, nearly smooth above at tip; more coarsely punctate and
feebly substriate at base ; antenna? inserted at the middle { % ), or just behind the
middle ( 9 ), funicle 6-jointed. Head densely punctate and closely set with pale
yellow piliform scales, front scarcely at all concave, occiput (marinate. Prothorax
scarcely one-third wider than long, sides subparallel basally, strongly convergent
anteriorly, the apical constriction moderate, apical margin feebly elevated, punc-
tuation dense but not coarse, largely concealed by the vestiture, whicn is dark
brown above, with a pale line in the not very deep median channel, and some-
times a few scattered pale scales on the disk. Elytra about two-fifths wider than
the prothorax. Striae not deep, intervals wide, nearly flat, vestiture mottled on
the disk, dark scales nearly wanting at apex. Femora not toothed ; claws with
a very small basal tooth. Length 2.5-3 mm. ; width about 1.7 mm.
Western Nevada (Ormsby Co., Baker); Eastern California, Inyo
Co., Bridgeport (Wickham) ; Big Pine and Independence (Fenyes).
The 6-jointed funicle, simple femora and toothed claws form a
combination which excludes this species from all of the groups indi-
cated by Dietz. It may be placed betw^een the " squamatus " and
" septentrionis " groups of this author.
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List of New Spkcies Herein Described.
CARABIDiE.
Tachys cockerelli.
STAPHYLINID^.
Stapbylinus modestus.
Eusesthetiis neomexicanus.
Heterotliops mediocris.
Neoniedon piciventre.
Stilicus ohlitus.
Palaniiuus amplipennis.
COCCINELLID^.
Hyperaspis hajmatosticta.
CUCUJID^.
Nartliecius monticola.
" striatieeps.
NITIDULID.'E.
Epursea alticola.
MONOTOMlDyE.
Europs striatulus.
BYRRHID^.
Pedilophorus subsetosus.
" subcupreus.
" lateralis.
PARNID^.
Elmis pecoseusis.
" addeudus.
'■ anteunatus.
ELATERID^.
Limoiiius sinuifrons.
Atlious nugalis.
" recticollis.
" speculifer.
quadricollis.
" pal pal is.
■' discors.
agriotoides.
" rufotestaceus.
jejinius.
Apbiicus luteipeuuis.
Cebrio compositus.
BUPRESTID^.
Cbrysobothris convexa.
Agrilus townseudi.
LAMPYRIDiE.
Telephorus insipidus.
Polemius regularis.
'' biuotatus.
MALACHIID^.
Trichochrous sopliise.
" mixtus.
" iucultus.
" plaratus.
" similis.
" bicoloripes.
"' prosternalis.
CLERID^.
Clerus coralliuus.
SCARAB^ID.E.
Psammodius ambiguus.
Apliodius moquinus.
" abusus.
" crassuloides.
" neotoruse.
■' rotundiceps.
" umbricoUis.
" plutoiiicus.
" longitarsis.
" dialytoides.
Ochodaeus gnatbo.
" nimius.
Diehelonycba testaceipennis.
" mormona.
CERAMBYCID^.
Leptura kerniana.
" subcostata.
" barbeii.
" cockerelli.
" insignis.
CHRYSOMELID^.
Lnperodes semiflavus.
Cbsetocnema costata.
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AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.
TENEBRIONID^.
Paratenetus crinitus.
MELANDRYID^.
Carebaia brevicollis.
" californica.
MORDELLID^.
Mordella fuscocinerea.
" perlineata.
Mordellistena festiva.
" pallens.
" errans.
" sericans.
" suspecta.
[ " divisa Lee. Removed
from synonymy.]
MELOID^.
Zonitis martini.
" vigilans.
Epicauta ingrata.
" ruidosana.
RHIPIPHORIDiE.
Myodites vierecki.
OTIORHYNCHID^E.
Ophryastes symmetricus.
Anametis subfusca.
Cimbocera conspersa.
Pandeletejus rotundicollis.
" simplarius.
" subtropicus.
Cyphomimus ochreus.
CURCULIONID^.
Trichalophus arcuatus.
Phyllotrox quadricollis.
Hypoleschus atratus.
Otidocephalus rhois.
Epimechus nanulus.
" stragulus.
Conotrachelus iuvadens.
Acalles indigens.
Ceutorhynchus notatulus.
" solitarius.
" tescorum.
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ERRATA.
line, for type read types.
2, for east read west.
22, for axillaris read axillaris.
31, for Elensis read Eleusis.
line, for Abiguiii rend Abignin.
3, for Chaleva read Choleva.
35, for I'ayk.A. Ibuqiierqiie read Payk. Albuquerque.
35, for Hololopta read Hololepta.
7, for California read californica.
27, for (W.), read (Wooton).
.37, for Leptorectura read Leptovectura.
27, after atriventris Lee. add = C. nigriventris above.
28, after undulatus Say add = Thanasimu8 undulatus below.
34, for Arrogo read Arroyo.
4, for lanceolota read lanceolata.
24, for Pesc.oa read Peseao.
4, for Hypaleschus read Hypoleschus.
4. for distinct read distant.
16, for larger read longer.
PAUL R. JONES.
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A l*RELIWII^4K\ LIST OF THE ASILID^ OF
NEBRASKA, WITH DESCRIPTION
OF NEW SPECIES.
BY PAUL R. JONES, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
Most of the material upon which this paper is based was collected
in the northwestern part of the State during the past two years.
Although there are a good many forms represented in this paper
the number is low in comparison with what might be secured by
more careful collecting. The entire State seems to be especially
adapted to a large development of the family Asilidse. The Dasy-
pogonin^ and Asilin^ are the best represented, although many rare
Laphriuie have been found. The present paper may contain some
errors, but the author has taken pains to insure the correct determi-
nations in all cases. Many of the species, which are undoubtedly
new, have been left unnamed for lack of sufficient material. I wish
here to thank Dr. Williston, to whom I am greatly indebted for
certain determinations and valuable suggestions with reference to
generic and other relations.
1. L,EPTOGASTER Meigen.
I-,ei>togaster miiriiius Loew.
Two males and three females from Springview Bridge, Brown
Co., Nebraska, June 10, 1902 (J. C. Crawford and W. D. Pierce).
2. OSPRIOCERIS Loew.
Osprioceruis abdoniiiialis Say.
Numerous specimens from Sioux Co., Nebraska, which vary from
13-19 mm. in length.
3. SCEEROPOCION Loew.
Scleropogoii helvolus Loew.
Numerous specimens from Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska (P. R.
Jones). The first joint of the antennne is yellowish red, second
reddish brown, and the third black, style about one half the length
of the third joint.
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274 AMERICAN DIPTERA.
^cleropogoii similis n. sp.
Near S. hehobts.— 9 • Length of body 24 mm. ; of wings 12 mm. When com-
pared with 5?. helvolus the antennae are shorter, third joint broader and less than
the length of the first two joints together. Style as long as the third joint, first
two joints yellowish-red, apex of second darker, third joint and style black. The
specimen is somewliat rubbed, but where the pollen can be seen it is similar to
that of the preceding species. Wings hyaline, first posterior, fourth posterior and
anal ceil closed, the two former petiolate. Hypopleura with a patch of bristles.
Type. — One female from V3,]entiue, Nebraska.
4. STEIVOPOGOIV Loew.
Steiiopo^oii seHCidinns Wiliistnn.
Two females from Lincoln, Nebraska, July (H. S. Smith;. The
specimens agree with the description of the male, except that they
are respectively 17 and 20 mm. in length. Formerly recorded from
three males from Kansas.
Stenopogon consanguineus Loew.
Numerous specimens from Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska (P. R.
Jones). This species is common in northwestern Nebraska in the fall.
Stenopogon inqiiinatiis Loew.
Specimens from Glen, Sioux Co., Springview Bridge, Brown Co.,
West Point and Lincoln, Nebraska. The specimens vary from
light colored specimens with a yellow abdomen to dark colored
specimens with a brownish-black abdomen. The first posterior cell
is nearly closed in some specimens, while in others it is wide open.
The antennae are not typical for the genus Stenopogon, the third
joint being about the length of the first two together, and the arista
more than one-half the length of the third joint. The hypopleura
do not have a patch of bristles, which Mr. Coquillett thinks is a
better character for separating Steyiopogon from Scleropogon than
the length of the style.
5. L.APHYSTIA Loew.
Liaphysiitia sp.
Ten females from Lincoln, Nebraska, June and July, and War
Bonnet Canon, Sioux Co., Nebraska, which present such a bewild-
ering number of variations that I am unable to refer them to any of
the species from North America. They vary in wing venation from
having the first posterior cell slightly narrowed, through one closed
in one wing and nearly closed in the other to both closed. They
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vary in the color of the legs from nearly entire reddish-yellow to
specimens in which only the extreme base of the femora and apex
of the tibiae are reddish. The second joint of the antennae is about
two-thirds as long as the first joint, third joint broad, style composed
of two joints, second joint about two and one- half times as long as
the first and hollowed' out on the upper outer side, and in the center
of this depression there is a microscopic bristle. Front, face, thorax
and pleura covered with grayish pollen, that of the face slightly
yellowish. Pile everywhere light colored. Abdomen shining,
banded posteriorly with pollinose cross-bands which are nearly
interrupted in the middle, but wide on the lateral margins.
liaphyslia sp.
Two males and a female from Sioux Co. and a male from Halsey,
Nebraska, which appear to differ from the above species, but cannot
be separated by any good characters. They are smaller, more slen-
der, the head appears wider on account of the more slender abdo-
men, abdomen more shining metallic, the cross bands more silvery.
In the female specimen from Sioux Co. the face is yellow pollinose,
while it is silvery in the one from Halsey, the other specimens show
variations in between. The structure of the antenna? is the same as
in the preceding species. A male and a female from Lincoln,
Nebraska, and the sand hills seem to be intermediate between the
two species.
Dr. Williston has kindly referred these specimens to the genera
Laphystia and Triclis.
6. TRICL.IS Loew.
Triclis fiavipilis n. sp.
9. LeugthlOmm. Black, shining with a bluish tint. Front wide, deeply
excavated, ocelli on a prominence, yellowish-red pollinose, bristles on each side
and those of the ocelli black. Face thickly yellowish-red pollinose, when viewed
in profile no convexity can be seen beyond the margin of the eyes until half-way
below the antenna; where the gibbosity is very j.ronounced. Mystax not extend-
ing above the gibbosity, black on the upper part and yellowish-red on the lower
part near the oral margin, a few reddish hairs immediately below the base of
the antenna. Antennse black, first joint longer than the second, third not as
long as the first two together, style a little more than a fifth of the third joint,
second joint of style more than twice as long as the first, hollowed out on the
upper side from which a microscopic bristle arises; first two joints of antennse
with black and reddish pile and longer black bristle-like hairs on the under side
of the first joint. Occiput with reddish pollen, occipito-orbital bristles black,
pile of the occiput, oral margin and beard fine, grayish-white in color, that of
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276 AMERICAN DIPTERA.
the oociiuit having a reddish tint. Thorax black, shining, covered with short
dense yellowish-red pile, longer on the posterior margin, a few bristles on the
lateral margins black. Scutellum of similar color and covered with pile of simi-
lar color to that of the thorax, with a row of thin, light colored bristles on the
posterior margin. Pleura black, covered with dense yellowish-white pollen and
sparse light colored pile, a shining spot on the mesoplenra extending obliquely
downward toward the front coxse. Halteres and a fan-like row of bristles in
front yellowish-white. Abdomen shining black, with a bluish tint, and covered
with fine, dense yellow pile not easily seen unless viewed from piofile. Pile of
first two segments and lateral margins of the rest longer. Posterior lateral mar-
gin of all the segments golden ])ollinose, less so on the posterior segments. Second
segment of the abdomen short, about as long as the first. Tip of abdomen with
a circle of long bristle-like hairs. Legs blwck, coxse grayish-white poUinose.
Coxae and femora with whitish pile, that of hind femora with a reddish tinge,
tibife and tarsi with shorter pile of a more reddish tinge, bristles of tibise and
tarsi a trifle lighter than those of the femora, a few on the tarsi black. Wings
uniformly blackish.
Type.— One female from Meadow, Nebraska, July, 1906 (P. R.
Jones).
The wing venation of this species is identical with that of the
figure of T. tagax Williston, given in Trans, Am. Ent. Soc, Vol.
XI, pi. 1, fig. vi. The gibbosity of the face on the lower part is
similar to that of fig. 6a of the head, but the upper part and an-
tennal prominence are barely visible when viewed from profile. The
third joint of the antennse is not as broad as that of T. tagax. I
will place this species in this genus, although I think the genus
Triclis should not stand unless separated from Laphystia by some
other character than the closed posterior cell, which I found so
variable in the preceding species.
7. ECHTHODOPA Loew.
Echtlio<lo|»a piibera Loew.
Specimens from Lincoln, West Point, Harlan and Sioux Coun-
ties, Nebraska.
8. DIOCTRIA Meigeu.
Diocti*ia nifipes u. sp.
9,%. Length 7-9 mm. Black, shining, wings blackish, yellowish at the
base, nearly bare species. Front and face black, covered with fine reddish-yel-
' low pile, face flat, gently receding to the oral margin ; when viewed from profile
a slight convexity can be seen at the base of antennae and oral margin ; when
viewed from the front, broad, nearly straight, but a trifle concave. Mystax
sparse, light colored, confined to the oral margin, beard sparse whitish. Occiput
and orbital margin covered with dense silvery pollen. Antennae black, first
joint nearly twice as long as the second ; third (without style) nearly one and
one-half times as long as the first two together, style about as long as the second
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PAUL R. JONES. ^*
joint, robust, and discernable only when viewed with at least a low POwer -. ro
scope, third joint beyond the nnddle with a small ^P^^^/^^^f .^^.^7' ^^^
with a slight depression just beyond the spine. Thorax back, «'--°f ' ^ ^^^^
bluish tint, covered with very fine red pile through wh,ch two black med an
s ripes app'ear separated by a stripe of red pile, two lateral ^^^^^ZtZ^
dorsum nearly oval in shape. (The pile on the thorax and scutellum has been
n led off som'ewhat from the specimen at hand.) Scutellum of the same col
as the thorax, with a few pale colored bristles on the P-^enor marg. m. o
those on the posterior part of the thorax. Pleura covered wUh wh.t.sb pollen,
bm"g yell wish on the upper part. Halte.es light yellow. Abdomen sign-
ing black, with a coppery reflection, nearly glabrous to the eye, finely punctured
Ind covered with very fine, decumbent, red pile, seventh segment .n female,
seve."b and posterior half of sixth in male reddish, a silvery polhnose spot on
he steHor'lateral margins of the second, third, fourth and f/th -gment^^
Legs red, apex of hind tibiae and apex of all tarsi black, p.le and the few bnstles
light red All the posterior cells and anal cell narrowly open.
Types. -A male aud a female from Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska,
August 15, 1906 (P. R. Jones). , , . ,. -i
This species is evidently quite close to Dioctrodes flavipes Coquil-
lett, but I believe it is distinct and belongs to the genus Doctma.
9. CYRTOPOtlOM Loew.
Cyrtopogon plausor Osten Sacken.
Two males from Sioux Co., Nebraska, which answer in every way
t„ the description, except that all the tibia3 save the apex and all
the tarsi are reddish. The base of all the femora have reddish cast.
Cyrtopogon sp. ^ , , .■
Two females, which fall in Group A of Osten Sacken s synoptic
table, and which are probably near C. aurifex O. S. Length 12 5
mm Hair on the face wliitish on the upper part, near the mouth
black, and a few black hairs above. Antenna black, third joint
reddi^h first two joints with black hairs, third on upper side with a
few whitish hairs. Thorax brownish pollinose, with a median gemi-
nate stripe, and two lateral wider stripes or spots. Abdx^men black,
shinino- lateral margins of the segments covered with yellowish-
white>, becoming nearly obsolete on the last three segments, a
silvery pollinose spot on the posterior lateral angles of the second,
third fourth and fifth segments. A fan like row of white bristles
in front of the yellow halteres. Legs black, tibia, red, except apex
bristles black, pile chiefly light colored, slightly intermixed with
black. Wings hyaline, with a brownish tinge.
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278 AMERICAN DIPTERA.
10. I^ASIOPOCJOIV Loew.
Iiasio|>og4»n quadrivittaliiM n. sp.
Near L. arenicola O. S. 9- Length 9-11 mm. Black, covered eveiTwhere
with dense grayish pollen. Front broad, densely gray pollinose, hair every,
where whitish, that of occiput with a more decided yellowish tinge, beard and
hair on occipital margin fine, silky and purer white. Face in profile with a
strong gibbosity reaching more than half the distance from the oral margin to
the base of the antennse. Antennae black, first two joints nearly equal, second a
trifle longer than the first, third longer than the first two together, style about
one-half as long as the third joint, first two joints of the antennse with whitish
hair. Thorax black, covered with dense grayish pollen and very fine white j)ile,
a few light colored bristles on the lateral margins and posterior part of the dor-
sum, four brownish nearly median stripes on the dorsum, diverging anteriorly,
the pollen on the lateral margins brownish, forming an obscure stripe. The
interval between the inner stripes is wider than that between the others so that
there appears to be two geminate stripes. Scutellnm flat, covered with pollen
similar to that of the thorax, and with a row of light colored bristles on the pos-
terior margin. Pollen of the pleura gray, with a brownish tinge. Halteres
yellowish, the fan-like row of hairs in front white. Abdomen black, covered
with dense grayish pollen and very fine, short, decumbent whitish pile, anterior
margins of the second, third and fourth segments reddish-brown, last segment
shining black. Bristles on the posterior lateral margins of the first segment
whitish. Legs black, covered with dense, fine, whitish pile, longeron the under
side of the femora, and interspersed with a few light colored bristles. Coxa; and
legs with brownish-gray pollen, thicker on the coxse, coxte with long white pile.
Wings hyaline, anal cell closed and petiolate, fourth posterior cell slightly nar-
rowed at the margin of the wing, anterior cross-vein at the middle of the dis-
cal cell.
Type. — One female from Halsey, Nebraska, June 1, 1906 (H. S.
Smith).
Paratypes.— One female from War Bonnet Canon, Sioux Co.,
Nebraska, May 27, 1901 (M. A. Carriker) ; and one female from
Bad Lauds, INIouth of Monroe Canon, Sioux Co., Nebraska, May
28, 1900 (L. Bruner).
This species can be readily distinguished from L. arenicola 0. S.
in being more densely pollinose and not so densely pilose as that
species. The thoracic stripes will also serve to separate them, and
my specimens of L. arenicola from Southern California have a few
black bristles on the lateral margins of the thorax which quadrivit-
tatus does not have.
11. II(»L,01:EPI1AL.A Jaeunicke.
Holocepliala abdoiniiialis Say.
Specimens from Cedar Bluffs and Meadow, Nebraska. ^^^i
This is the first record of this species being taken this far west;
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12. HOL.OPOGON Loew.
Holopogoii seiiiculus Loew.
Specimens from Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska (P. R. Jones).
13. PYCNOPOGOM Loew.
Pycnopogon cirrhatus Ost.en Sacken.
Two males from War Bonnet Canon, Sioux Co., Nebraska, which
answer in every way to the description, except that the tip of the
abdomen is red. The specimens are also larger, being about 12
mm. in length,
14. STICHOPOGON Loew.
Stichopogon trifasciatns Say.
Two males and two females from Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska (P.
R. Jones).
15. HETEROPOGOM Loew.
Heteropogon nigripes n. sp.
9 . Length 9 mm. Near H. lautus Loew. Head broader tlian higb, front but
sligbtly excavated, front and face white pollinose, covered with long white hair,
above the mouth and near the ocellar prominence black. Face flat, slightly
convex below, wide. Antennse black, first and second joints equal, third slightly
longer than the first two together, style slender, about two-thirds the length of
the third joint. Thorax black (slightly greased in the specimen at hand), covered
with long light colored pile, pleura whitish pollinose, covered with long white
pile, scutellum similar in color to the thorax, but with a brownish tinge, covered
with long white pile and a marginal row of weak bristle-like hairs, dark at base
and white at apex. Halteres dark brown or black, stem slightly lighter, fan-like
row of hairs iu front white. Abdomen black, shining, dorsum covered with
very fine, short, sparse, light colored pile, lateral margins with long white pile,
posterior lateral margins of first six segments with a white pollinose spot. Legs
black, covered with long light colored pile, weak bristles of tibiae light colored,
pile of tibiae and tarsi yellowish, shorter and denser than that of the femora.
Wings hyaline, veins at base of submarginal, first, second, fourth and fifth pos-
terior and discal cells clouded with black. '
Type. — One female from Monroe Canon, Sioux Co., Nebraska
(L. Bruner).
This species can be separated from H. lautus by its having the
legs entirely black, and the pilosity of legs being different.
16. S.4ROPOGON Loew.
Saropogon adustus Loew.
A female from McCook, Nebraska, which I believe to be this
species. The legs are entirely yellow, but the apex of the third
joint of the antennae is black. Wings hyaline, with a yellowish
tint, apex blackish.
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16. DEROMYIA Philippi.
Deromyia angustipeiinis Loew.
Numerous species from Glen Sioux Co., and Lincoln, Nebraska.
Common in the eastern and northern parts of the State.
l>eroiiiyia plalyplera Loew.
Three males and three females from Peru and Union, Nebraska.
The females agree with the description of the male, except that they
are much lighter, including the wings. This seems to be the only
difference however. Formerly recorded fron) a male from Illinois.
18. COPHURA Osten Sackeu.
Cophiira cri!«tala Coquillett.
A male specimen which I would refer here, although upon com-
paring it with a male and a female from Colorado it it quite differ-
ent in general appearance. The Colorado specimens differ from the
Nebraska specimen by having longer and denser hair, a more promi-
nent gibbosity of the face and a denser mystax, which extends nearer
to the base of the antennae. All of the specimens instead of having
four marginal bristles on the scutellum have about eight weak mar-
ginal bristles. All the other characters agree with the description.
The species must be quite variable.
19. CEROTAI»fIA Schiuer.
Cerotainia atrata n. sp.
9 . Length 7 luiu. Black, shining, finely punctate, nearly glabrous. Front
broad deeply excavated, covered with grayish pollen and whitish hairs, ocelli on
a prominence. Face flat in profile, covered with yellowish-gray pollen, denser
and more grayish on the sides, mystax thin, composed of a few yellowish-white
hairs on the oral margin, sparse white pile extending to the antennae, bristle-like
hairs on the occiput yellowish, scant beard and hair on the orbital margin white.
Antenna black, first and third joints equal, second short, first two joints covered
with black hair. Eyes disciform, with enlarged facets in front. Thorax and
scutellum finely punctate, covered with very short, fine, dense, yellowish-red
pile, nearly glabrous to naked eye. Mesopleura with yellowish-red pile, slerno-
pleura with whitish pile and grayish pollen. Halteres lemon-yellow, and fan-
like row of hairs in front white. Abdomen black, shining, coarser and more
deeply punctured than the thorax, covered with fine, short, yellowish-red pile,
which is longer and somewhat whitish on the lateral margins of the segments.
Legs black, tibiae and tarsi dark red, on the upper side and nearly all of the hind
tibiae brownish. Pile of the legs white. Wings uniformly blackish, veins at the
end of the distal end of the discal and fourth posterior cells continuous in the
same straight line, first posterior cell not narrowed, second somewhat narrowed,
fourth posterior and anal cells closed and petiolate.
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Type— Oue female from Meadow, Nebraska, July, 1906 (P. R.
Jones).
This species can be separated from C. macrocera by having darker
wings and differently colored pile on the abdomen ; from C. nigra
and C. dubia by having darker wings, lighter halteres and differ-
ently colored pile on legs ; from C. nigripennis by the difference in
the color of the wings, differently colored pile near the ocelli, differ-
ently colored pollen on the face, shorter pile on the thorax, and by
the abdomen having the fifth and sixth segments clothed as the
preceding segments.
20. ATOHOSIA Macquart.
Atomosia glabrata Say.
One male from Omaha, a female from Haigler, and a female from
West Point, Nebraska. Formerly recorded from Pennsylvania and
the Atlantic States.
Atomosia soror Bigot.
Two males and a female from Harlan Co., Nebraska, which have
dense yellow pile on the thorax and abdomen (longer on the thorax).
Legs pale yellow. Antennae lighter colored and longer than an-
tennae of A. glabrata (especially the third joint). Formerly re-
corded from Mexico.
21. POGOIVOSOMA Eondani.
Pogonosoma dorsatum Say.
Specimens from Lincoln and Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska, August
and September.
22. NU.SA Walker.
Nnsa falTicaiida ? Say.
One male specimen which I refer to this species, although I have
some doubts as to its belonging here, and of which I will give a
description. It answers to Say's description in a general way.
% . Length 17 mm. Shining blue-black, abdomen with cobalt reflections.
Front deeply excavated, ocelli prominent, bisetose. Face somewhat convex
below, white poUinose, covered with long white hair, mystax composed of long,
stout, black bristles, which extend nearly to the base of the antennse, beard and
hair on cheeks long, silky white. Antennae black, first joint nearly twice as long
as the second, third about as long as the first two together, dilated at the apex
and covered with very short, silky, reddish pile. First and second joints short,
white pilose and with long black bristles, those on the under side longer. Inner
eye margins opposite the base of the antennte and a little above with a row of
black bristles. Thorax shining blue-black, covered with brownish pollen, pile
short, black, a few black bristles on the lateral borders and posterior part, two
median dark stripes separated by a pollinose stripe and two lateral oblong dark
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282 AMERICAN DIPTERA.
spots or stripes. Pleura covered with long wbite hair. Scutellum of same color
as thorax, covered with short, black pile, and having a marginal row of black
bristles. Halteres reddish-brown, fan-like row of hair in front white. Abdomen
shining blue-black, with cobalt reflections, fifth and sixth segments reddish-yel-
low, which color can be seen obscurely on the second, third and fourth segments,
dorsum covered with short, dark colored pile, on the last three segments with
lighter colored pile, lateral margins of all segments with long white pile, which on
the first three segments becomes longer and covers a wider space. Lateral mar-
gins of the first segment with two bristles, second segment with three, third and
fourth segments with one bristle. Legs shining black, covered with long white
hair, bristles of tibiae, tarsi and two on the apex of the hind and middle femora
black, hind femora slightly thickened distally, hind tibise slightly curved.
Wings hyaline, veins black, brownish along the veins.
One male from Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska, August 14, 1906 (P.
R. Jones).
23. LiAlflPRIA Macquart.
liUUipria rubiveiitris Macquart.
Two males and two females from Cams, and a male from Lincoln,
Nebraska, which I am inclined to believe belong hei-e. All the
specimens have black autennse, yellow mystax- (with a few black
hairs in the female), and dense golden pubescence on the thorax.
Legs black, front tibia) and tarsi yellow, hind tibiae brownish red.
In the male specimens from Cams the abdomen is entirely yellowy
while in the female from Cams the three segments are yellow, with
the remaining segments brownish-black, showing a yellowish tint.
The male specimen from Lincoln has the entire abdomen reddish-
yellow. Formerly recorded from Pennsylvania, Georgia and Texas.
24. DASYL.L.IS Loew.
Da»>ylliis astui* Osten Sacken.
Specimens from Lincoln, West Point and Saltillo, Nebraska. The
specimens show considerable variation in the extent of the yellow
pile on the tibiae.
Dai^yllis feriialdi Back.
Numerous specimens from Sioux Co., Nebraska. This species is
our most common species in the northern part of the State during
the summer months. It presents a striking resemblance to Bomhus
hiuitii Greene, which is also an inhabitant of that part of the State.
I also have specimens from Colorado and Custer, South Dakota.
Formerly recorded from Colorado.
Dasyllis sacrator Walker.
Two males, one from Cams, Nebraska, July 6, 1902, and the
other from Lincoln, Nebraska, May 30, 1905. Tlie Lincoln speci-
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men has tlie pile entirely black, while the other one has some yellow
pile on the apex of the front and middle femora and base of the
front and middle tibise. The yellow pile of the abdomen is chiefly
on the second and third segments, a few hairs on the first and fonrth
segments.
25. LAPHRIA Meigen.
Liaphria gilva Linne.
Specimens from War Bonnet Canon and Monroe Canon, Sioux
Co., Nebraska.
26. PKOCT ACANTHUS Macquart.
Proclacanlhtis niilberfii Macquart.
Numerous specimens from Lincoln, Sand Hills and Glen, Sioux
Co., Nebraska.
27. ERAX Scopoli.
Eras ciiierascens Bellardi.
Numerous specimens from Glen and Harrison, Sioux Co., Ne-
braska, and Gordon, Sheridan Co., Nebraska. The specimens which
I have show considerable variety in the color of the bristles around
the ocelli and of the scutellum. They agree with' Williston's de-
scription of E. furax better than with Bellardi's description of
cinerascens, and when viewing a whole series from the front are
much lighter colored than in E. stamineus. The palpi are black,
black pilose, with a few white hairs at the base.
Erax stamineus Williston.
Numerous specimens from Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska. The
female agrees with the description of the male, except that the
ocellar and occipito-orbital bristles are usually white or yellowish-
white, dorsum of the thorax yellow poUinose, and bristles of the
scutellum white instead of black, as is usual in the male. The abdo-
men lacks the silvery pile, but is covered with yellowish-gray pollen
and marked like the female of E. cinerascens. Palpi in both sexes
are black, with yellow or yellowish white pile. . The females are
difficult to separate from the females of E. cinerascens when com-
paring individual specimens, but when examining a series the speci-
mens of E. cinerascens appear much whiter or grayish, while those
of ^. stamineus appear more yello^vish. They can be separated by
the difference in the color of the pile on the palpi ; in E. cinerascens
it is black, and in E. stamineus yellow or white. Formerly recorded
from two males from Montana.
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284 AMERICAN DIPTERA.
Krax sp.
One female from Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska, which appears to be
near E. cinerascens, but is smaller, the pollen slightly more yellow-
ish, the second submarginal cell is slightly shorter, and the tibise
and tarsi dark red, and the apex of the tibiae nearly black.
28. WAL,L,OPHOKA Macquait.
9IaIlo|>hora guildiana Willistou.
Specimens from Gering, Sioux Co., and Gordon, Sheridan Co.,
Nebraska, which agree with the description, except that in all the
specimens the first posterior cell is closed and petiolate. There is
some variation in the color of the pile, being nearly yellow in those
collected on Solidago, and nearly white on those collected on Cleome.
29. PROW A €H US Loew.
Proniachus bastardii Macquait.
Two males from McCook, one from West Point, and a female
from Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska, which agree with the description
given by Willistou, except that the lateral black bristles on the
second abdominal segmeut are absent, and those on the lateral mar-
gins of the first segmeut are white. This is the first record of this
species being taken in the Western States.
Promachus fitcliii Osteu Sacken.
Two females from War Bonnet Canon, Sioux Co., Nebraska,
which agree with Williston's description, except that they are about
39 mm. in length.
Promachiis vertebratiis Say.
Specimens from Lincoln, Union, Weeping Water, Malcom and
West Point, Nebraska.
30. STENOPROSOPUS Macquait.
Slenoprosopus ? u. sp.
Length 9 mm. Face aud front narrow, face wider below, vertical in profile,
mystax composed of a few yellowish-white bristles on the lower part of the face.
Pollen over the entire body light brownish-yellow, lighter on the head. Antennse
black, second joint about two-thirds as long as the first joint, third shaped some-
what as in Tolmerm nofatus Wied., about as long as the first two joints together,
style short, about as long as the second joint, not one-half as long as the third
joint. Thorax (badly rubbed), marked as in Tolmerns notatus. Scntellum with
a distinct groove before the apex, and two bristles on the posterior margin. Hal-
teres light yellow. Abdomen black in ground color, covered with dense yellow-
ish gray pollen, posterior margins of the segments obscurely reddish-yellow.
Ovipositor small, shining black, yellow on the venter, compressed, a tuft of hair
at the tip. Legs black, tibiae yellow at the base, and tarsi obscurely reddish at
base. Pile and bristles on whole body light colored. Wings hyaline, grayish at
the apex.
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One female from Sioux Co., Nebraska, and a female from Fort
Assinniboine, Montana.
I shall not name these specimens because of a lack of sufficient
material.
31. TOL.inERUS Loew.
Tolineriis callidu!« Williston.
Two females and a male from West Point, Nebraska, which I
believe belong here. They resemble the following species, but the
pollen of the face and thorax is more yellowish, the femora black,
with a red ring at the apex, tibiae red, with a black spot on the
inner side. The third joint of the antennae more slender, style not
as long as the third joint.
Tolineriis notatus Wiedemann.
Numerous specimens from West Point and Glen, Sioux Co.,
Nebraska.
Toliiierns n. sp.
Three females from Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska, August 17, 1906
(P. R. Jones), which are related to the preceding species, but seem
to be different. The third joint of the antennae is more pointed or
lance-shaped, occipito orbital bristles white, femora except a black
spot on the outer side (more extensively on the hind femora), tibiae
except the apex and metatarsi red, tarsi dark brown or black. The
posterior margin of the scutellum has two bristles. The pollen is
everywhere grayish -white, except on the dorsum of the thorax and
abdomen, where it is brownish, being slightly yellowish also on the
thorax. In all the other characters this species resembles the pre-
ceding one. I shall not name it because of a lack of sufficient
material.
Tolnierus ? n. sp.
A female from Weeping Water, Nebraska, July 10, 1905 (H. S.
Smith).
The specimen seems to resemble the preceding species in a general
way, but differs by having the front and face wider, the gibbosity
more abrupt, and a great deal more prominent. The pollen of the
front and face is yellowish, mystax black, with a few white hairs
interspersed throughout the middle. Occipito orbital, ocellar bris-
tles and a row of bristles on the inner eye margin black, beard dense,
whitish. Palpi black, with black hairs. Antennae slightly shorter
than in T. notatus, black, second joint less than one-half as long as
the first, third lance-shaped, slightly shorter than the first joint,
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286 AMERICAN DIPTERA.
style long, longer than the first joint, about as long as the second
and third joints together. Thorax with pollen similar to that on T.
notatus, and marked similarly, more gibbose. Scutellum covered
with brownish-yellow pollen and white pile, on the posterior margin
with a row of weak bristles. Halteres brownish-yellow, stem lighter.
Abdomen covered with brownish-gray pollen, each segment with a
large median, nearly quadrate, subfulgent brown spot occupying
nearly all the segment, but not touching the lateral or posterior
margins. Ovipositor long, compressed, slightly more than the length
of the last four segments. Legs black, more robust than in T.
notatus, all the tibiae except the apex reddish. Wings shorter than
T. notatus, hyaline, tinged with brownish, stump of anterior branch
of the third vein extending inwardly as in the species of Erax, pos-
terior branch of third vein somewhat curved forward but not reach-
ing the tip of the wing, first posterior cell wider at the distal end
than is the second submarginal cell.
I shall not name this species because of a lack of sufficient material.
31. AS1L.IJS Liiine.
Asilns aniiiilatus Williston.
Specimens from West Point, Meadow, Glen and Harrison, Sioux
Co., Nebraska, which agree quite well with the description, but the
occipito orbital bristles as well as the bristles on the legs are white
in some of the specimens.
Asilus noTse scotiac Macquart.
Specimens from Lincoln and Glen, Sioux Co., Nebraska, August
and September, which seem to answer to the description, except that
the front and thorax are ochraceous pollinose, and the bristles on
the dorsum and on the legs are both black and white, and the long
bristles on the front tibiae and tarsi are light colored. The occipito-
orbital bristles on some specimens are light yellow, on others mixed
black and yellow, and on still others nearly all are black.
Asiius flavipes Williston.
One female from War Bonnet Canon, Sioux Co., Nebraska, which
agrees with the description of the male. Formerly recorded fi'om
Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
33. RAHDIURGUS Loew.
Rliadiiirgus leucupogon Willistuu.
Numerous specimens from Glen, Harrison and War Bonnet
Canon, Sioux Co., and Gordon, Sheridan Co., Nebraska.
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THE IVORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE
GENUS ORNIX Tr.
BY WM. G. DIETZ, M.D.
(Plate IV.)
A well defined genus of the Micro-lepidopterous family Tiueidse,
characterized as follows : head rough-haired, more or less appressed
on the face, two large tufts on the vertex, directed more or less for-
ward. Antennae as long as the forewings, simple, basal joint with-
out pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, smooth scaled, curved
and more or less ascending; third joint pointed, shorter than the
second. Maxillary palpi distinct, porrect and of moderate length.
Forewings elongate-lanceolate; vein 16 not furcate at base, 11 veins,
3 ab.?ent, 6 and 7 usually stalked, latter to costa. Hiudwings nar-
rower than the forewings, narrowly lanceolate, cilia 2-3; vein 3
sometimes absent, cell open between 4 and 5, 5 and 6 sometimes
stalked.
Of the species heretofore enumerated in our lists, but few are
definitely recognized; this is due in part to faulty description, which
leaves the identity of a species in serious doubt, and again to the
fact that several of Clemens' species were described from captured
specimens, their food-plant being unknown, and the type, either lost
or in such a condition as to make identification impossible. Ornix
acerifoliella does not belong here, but is the type of Paraclemensia
Busck. 0. qxiercifoliella Ch. belongs to Gracilaria — Dialectica
Wish. — and is a synonym of Gracilaria strigifinitella.
Thus far I have seen no representatives of the genus from the
Pacific Slope. The species appear to prefer the temperate and
more northern regions. If those who are interested in the further-
ance of our knowledge of the Micro-lepidoptera of our fauna will
give more close attention to the breeding of material, I have no
doubt that many more species will be discovered than are here
enumerated, and almost all of which were bred from the immediate
vicinity of the writer.
The species arrange themselves into two natural groups. The
first of these is characterized by the forewing being of a dark golden
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288 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
or purple brown color, with silvery-white or yellowish, shining,
marginal spots. The second group has the forewing grayish-fuscous
to brown or dark brown, with nunierous oblique costal strife, mostly
white, rarely yellowish and without any metallic lustre. The spe-
cies comprising this group resemble each other very much, are
closely related and difficult to distinguish. The principal charac-
ters to be relied upon are the markings of the labial palpi, colora-
tion of the head, the dark ciliary lines, the plical spots and last but
not least, the food plant.
The following characters are common to all of the last group :
Maxillary palpi white, sometimes slightly dusted with fuscous ex-
ternally. Antennae fuscous or brown above, indistinctly annulate
with and beneath paler. Costal striae rarely definite in number,
generally ill defined, obscure and directed obliquely backward in
basal half of wing, the outer striae distinct, more or less perpendicu-
lar to the costal margin, the last stria as a rule forms a curved line
extending through both the costal and dorsal cilia ; immediately
behind this line and in the apex of the wing is a dark blackish
spot. Generally speaking the interstrial spaces are darker than the
color of the wing. In the fold are two spots or patches— plical
spots— rarely absent; the first of these is at one-fourth, the second
about the middle, these spots vary in size and form, but appear to
be fairly constant for each species. That part of the wing below
the fold — subplical space — is in almost all the species, more or less
mixed with white; basal part generally white. In the cilia, com-
mencing about what would correspond to the tornus, are three darker
lines, the first about the middle, the second nearer and the third on
the free ciliary margin ; this last line either extends entirely around
the apex, or it coalesces below the apex of the wing, with tlie second
line, and in this case the cilia are white on their free margin around
the apex ; generally there is a short fragmentary line below the
apex and between the first and second line. Anterior and middle
legs dark blackish-fuscous; femora spotted with white; end of tibiae
white; tarsi white, joints fuscous at apex ; hind legs whitish, tarsal
joints darker at the apex. Anal bush in the male generally a sordid
yellow.
Generally the larva at first forms a nepticula like tract, which
widens into a blotch- mine. When full grown it leaves the mine and
forms a cocoon under the turned over edge of the leaf. According
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289
to Chambers 0. inusitatumella Ch. proves an exception to this rule,
as the larva pupates in the mine. The pupal case is projected from
the cocoon during the emergence of the imago. The latter in repose,
like Gracilaria, Coriscium, sits with the anterior part of tlie body
elevated.
Only two of the European species occur in North America— 0.
guttea and anglicella. Of other European species, of which authen-
tic specimens had been placed at my disposal by the National Museum,
none correspond with species herein described.
SYNOPTIC TABLE OF SPECIES.
Forewings with lustrous, white or yellow marginal spots 1-
Foi'ewings with numerous costal striae, never lustrous 4.
1. Four or more costal spots ~-
With two costal spots boreasella.
2. With entire fascia 3.
Without such a fascia guttea.
3. With five costal spots; cilia not tipped with dark brown around apex.
preciosella.
With six costal spots; cilia tipped with dark brown kalmiella.
4. Cilia around the apex not tipped with blackish scales 5.
With blackish scales 9-
5. Third joint of palpi conspicuously banded with dark fuscous 6.
Third joint of labial palpi at most spotted with fuscous 7.
6. Larger, dorsal margin of forewing with base and a spot behind the anal angle
blackish tlnbitella.
Smaller, without these characters crattegifoliella.
7. Costal striae equal and equidistant melaiiolella.
Outer costal strise more strongly marked, conspicuous 8.
8. With curved dorsal line before the apex conspicuella.
Without such a line arbitrella.
9. Third joint of palpi conspicuously banded with dark fuscous 10.
Third joint of palpi white, or inconspicuously spotted with fuscous 1.5.
10. Costal cilia not tipped with dark scales before the apex anglicella.
Without that character 11.
11. Ground color of entire forewing uniform priinivorelia.
Subplical space of forewing intermixed with white ... .12.
12. Plical spots not attaining the dorsal margin...- quadripuiictelia.
Plical spots large, attaining the dorsal margin 13.
13. Costal striae of at least moderate length Ticinella.
Costal striae very short, almost reduced to spots strobiTorella.
15. Fifth costal stria, from the apex, extends to dorsal margin.
arbutifbliella.
Without such character obliterella.
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AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
iy. horeasella Clem. — "Forewings dark fuscous, with two white costal
spots, one exterior to the middle of the costa, and tlie other midway hetween the
first and the apex of the wing; and with two white dorsal spots, one a little
interior to the first costal spot, and the other with some scattered white scales
opposite the second costal spot. Cilia dark fuscous, with a white patch behind
the second dorsal spot, and apparently a few white scales on the costa behind the
tip. The apical spot is not distinct if present, the apex being nearly denuded of
cilia and scales.''
Tlie above is Dr. Clemens' description of this species. Type in
the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. In poor condition
when described. Head, abdomen and wings of one side wanting.
Although the head is wanting and the ueuration of the wing differs
somewhat from the normal form, according to Clemens, I neverthe-
less believe it to be a true Ornix. There should be no difficulty to
identify the species if found.
O. gutt.ea Hw. — Palpi whitish. Head ochreous, face paler. Antennae
brown, faintly annulate with and paler beneath. Forewings fuscous brown, with
a purplish lustre; four or five costal and two dorsal spots, first costal spot at one-
fourth, second spot just before the middle, third nearly at three-fourths, the
fourth spot just before the apex is sometimes duplicated ; dorsal s])ots triangular,
somewhat oblique at two-fifths and three-fifths respectively. Cilia fuscous, with
three darker lines, traversed by an indistinct pale line below the apex and
another corresponding to the second dorsal spot. Hindwings fuscous, cilia con-
colorous. Legs fuscous, femora and tibise spotted with white; tarsi whitish,
joints brown at the apex. Thorax and abdomen fuscous brown. Expanse 10-
12.5 mm. ; .4-. 5 inch.
This rather common European species occurs in our fauna. Two
specimens in my collection, collected by and received from Mr.
Albert Shaw, Hampton, N. H., entirely correspond with an authen-
tic specimen of this species in the National Museum collection.
In the specimens before me the last costal spot is very small, con-
fined to the cilia and might readily be overlooked. The larva,
according to Meyrick, is yellowish, dorsal line dark green or reddish.
Head dark brown. It lives in folded leaves of apple.
Var. solitariella PI. IV, fig. 1.
A specimen in the National Museum collection presents the fol-
lowing differences from the typical form :
Head grayish-yellow, intermixed with dark fuscous. Forewings with two
very conspicuous costal spots before the apex, peipendicular to the margin and
which nearly reach the dorsal margin. Three distinct dorsal spots, the first at
less than one-fifth, nearly perpendicular to the margin and reaches to the middle
of the wing. All other marginal spots correspond to guttea. Cilia more whitish
WM. G. DIETZ, M.D.
291
between the second and third dark line, a conspicuous white patch below the
apex. Expanse 13.5 ram. ; .54 inch.
Hab. — Washington, D. C.
The specimen, a male, was bred from apple.
O. kaliniella n. sp.— PI. IV, fig. 3.— Palpi white. Face silvery white,
intermixed with fuscous. Head fuscous, sparsely intermixed with white. Thorax
and forewing golden brown, with considerable lustre, the latter with six costal
and three dorsal, silvery white, obliquely placed spots, with pearly lustre; fir.'^t
costal spot at one-sixth, second at one-third, third about the middle and the
fourth at two-thirds; these four spots are nearly equidistant, extend obliquely
backward to or beyond the middle of the wing, except the third, which does not
quite attain it. The second costal spot unites with the first dorsal and forming
thus an obtusely angulated fascia. Just before the apex are two approximate
costal spots, pointing obliquely forward. First dorsal spot at two-fifths and
unites as before stated with the second costal spot. Second dorsal spot beyond
the middle, third spot at three-fourths, the last two spots are rather short and
somewhat oblique. A small round dot in apical part of wing. Cilia dark brown,
a pale periapical line and a white patch below the apex, some silvery white
scales at the base, corresponding to the second and third dorsal spots, forming a
short line. Hindwings fuscous, cilia concolorous. Underside of body and legs
fuscous, with considerable lustre; ventral segments edged with white scales pos-
teriorly. Femora and tibise spotted with whitish. Tarsal joints at base and
more or less beneath, whitish. Expanse 7.5-S.5 mm. ; .3-. 34 inch.
Hab. — Penna. (Hazleton) ; Conn. (East River).
Larva pale green, each segment with a transverse dark line, i
with four transversely placed dots ; it makes a pale, orange colored
blotch-mine in upper side of leaf of Kalmia angustifolia (sheep-
laurel) ; August, September. Imago the following May.
O. preciosella. n. sp. — PI. IV, fig. 2. — Palpi white, second and third joint
with a white, dark fuscous band occupying the middle portion of each. Face
silvery white, vertex dark brown, sparsely interspersed with white. Antennae
dark brown, finely annulate with white. Thorax dark brown, intermixed with
silvery white scales. Forewings dark bronze-brown, with some lustre, markings
pure silvery white ; five costal spots, first close to the base, slightly oblique out-
wardly and crossing the fold ; second at one-third, obliquely outward and form-
ing with the first dorsal spot a curved fascia, widest on the dorsal margin ; third
spot about the middle, obliquely outward and not reaching the fold ; fourth spot
approximately midway between the preceding and following spot, perpendicular
to the margin, triangular and reaches to middle of wing; the fifth spot is just
before the apex, extends into the cilia and reaches nearly to the dorsal margin.
Three dorsal spots, the first a little further from the base than the second costHl
spot; second and third approximate, two-thirds and three-fourths lespt-ctively,
triangular, and midway between tneir free ends is the apex of the fourth costal
spot. Basal half of cilia pale fuscous, margined externally by a dark fu.scous
line, outer half whitish, with a dark line half-way, free margin not tipped with
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292 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
dark scales. Hind wings grayish-fuscous, cilia concolorous. Abdomen grayisli-
fuscous; anal bush grayish. Ventral segments edged with silvery gray. Legs
dark fuscous, femora and tibiae spotted with silvery white; tarsi whitish, joints
dark fuscous at their apices. Expanse 8 mm. ; .32 inch.
Hab. — Penna. (Hazleton).
Larva pale yellowish-green, with greenish dorsal line, i with four
transversely placed spots. On Vaccinium corymbosuvi (swamp
huckleberry) ; August and September. Imago April and May.
O. cratsegifoliella Clem. — Palpi whitish, a spot on the second joint ex-
ternally and a broad annulus of the third joint dark fusco\is. Head grayish-
white, tufts dark fuscous, mixed with gray, somewhat tinged with russet Fore-
wings brown, with purple lustre ; eight or nine costal striae, outer six or seven
distinct; fifth stria, from the apex, extends in a straight line, more or less dis-
tinct to the dorsal margin, bisecting a dark dash in middle of wing, another dark
line on the disk before the middle. A heavy dark line in basal part of fold ;
plical spots elongate triangular, conspicuous, not reaching the dorsal margin ;
subplical space white, speckled with fuscous. Cilia around the apex not tipped
with dark fuscous scales. Expanse 8-8.5 mm. ; .32-.34 inch.
Hab. — Eastern States.
Type in fairly good condition, in the Academy of Natural Scien-
ces, Philadelphia, Dr. Clemens' description, however, does not
tally well with the former, as he describes the labial palpi as whit-
ish, without mentioning the dark spot on the second or the annulus
on the third joint.
Larva on Cratcegus tomentosa (Hawthorn ) ; 0. imisitatumella Ch.,
which Chambers, misled by Clemens' description and also by the
habit of the larva, which does not leave the mine to pupate, con-
sidered as distinct, is according to Mr. Busck, identical with cratce-
gifoliella, the latter having seen the type. The food-plant being
the same.
O. diibitella n. sp. — Pi. IV, fig. 4. — Very closely related to the preceding
and from which it differs as follows: Absence of basal streak in the fold ; plical
spots less distinctly triangular, the outer one in one specimen consisting of two
distinct lines or streaks. The subplical space more distinctly white towards the
base ; a dark fuscous or blackish spot on the extreme base of dorsal margin and
another just behind the anal angle. Its very distinctly larger size. Expanse 10
mm. ; .4 inch.
Hab. — Penna. (Hazleton).
Five specimens bred from a shrub, unknown to me. The larvae
were collected in August, 1899, the moths appearing the following
May, The only note on the primary stages states "larva at first
WM. G. DIETZ, M.D. 293
makes a nepticula-like tract, later forms a cocoon under the turned
oyer edge of the leaf, the form of the latter is ovate." Undoubt-
edly distinct.
O. coiispicnella n. sp.— PI. IV, fig. 5. — Palpi white; apex of second joint
and the third joint at middle spotted with dark fuscous, less distinct within.
Head whitish, tufts pale fuscous, intermixed with pale yellowish. Forewing a
rich, deep brown, with purple lustre; markings very conspicuous; eight or nine
costal strise, outer four very distinct, becoming more approximate and effaced
towards the base; an oblique dash at end of cell ; first plical spot large, triangu-
lar, apex not quite reaching the dorsal margin, second plical spot large, subquad-
rate, including the dorsal margin and extending somewhat along the latter
towards the base, another dark spot at eud of subplical space, immediately beyond
the latter is a curved dorsal streak, the end of which approximates the dark
spot at end of wing. Cilia white around the apex, more intermixed with fuscous
below, dark lines conspicuous; third coalescing with the second below apex.
Expanse 8 mm. ; .32 inch. ,
Hah. — Penna. (Hazleton).
Bred from Betula nigra (black birch) ; one specimen a female.
O. arbitrella n. sp.— PL IV, fig. 6.— Palpi white, third joint with a small
blackish dot without and within. Head sordid white, tufts dark brown, shading
into yellowish fuscous. Disc of thorax sordid white, sides and patagia dark
brown, with feeble purplish lustre; seven or eight costal strise, more distinct
towards the apex, outer ones reaching to middle of wing; a white spot at end of
cell ; first plical spot broadly triangular, not reaching the dorsal margin ; second
plical spot large, reaches the dorsal margin and is ill defined externally ; outer
part of subplical space almost entirely dark fuscous, basal portion sprinkled with
the same. Cilia whitish, basal portion around apex and a broad patch below the
latter fuscous; free margin around apex not tipped with fuscous. Expanse 8-9
mm.; .32-36 inch.
Hab. — Penna. (Hazleton),
Two specimens in my collection were bred from Vacciniwn corym-
bosum (swamp huckleberry). Differs from conspicuella, especially
by the absence of the curved dorsal line, and from the following
species by tlie more strongly marked costal strise.
O. melanotella n. sp.— PI. IV, fig. 7.— Palpi sordid white, third joint
slightly spotted with fuscous externally. Head grayish-white, tufts fuscous,
intermixed with gray. Thorax sordid white. Forewings brown, with a feeble,
purple lustre ; seven or eight slender costal strife, approximately alike and equi-
distant, not reaching beyond one-third of wing breath ; a well-marked spot at
end of cell. Plical spots large, quadrate, the first smaller and not attaining the
margin, the second very large and including the dorsal margin; remainder of
subplical space speckled with fuscous. Expanse 7 mm. ; .28 inch.
TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXXIII. AUGUST, 1907.
294 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Hah. — Penna. (Hazletoii).
The single specimen which serves as type of this species, was bred
by the writer from thorn (C'ratwgus) in 1899. The fine, yet very
distinct and nearly alike costal striae are not seen in any other spe-
cies known to me. Unfortunately the cilia are defective and I can-
not discern whether they are tipped with dark fuscous or not,
around the apex. It is therefore placed here tentatively, as it
resembles more the two preceding species than any others.
O. anglicella Snt. — Palpi white, third joint broadly annulate with fus-
cous. Head yellowish-white, tufts brown. Thorax sordid white. Forewings
dark gray, with numerous costal striae, more distinct towards the apex ; a white
spot at end of cell, preceded by a fuscous spot. Plical spots moderately large,
not attaining the dorsal margin ; subplical space rather densely speckled with
fuscous. Basal portion of cilia pale fuscous, remainder grayish-white, third line
entire, except just before the apex where it is interrupted. Expanse 9-11 mm.
(Meyrick); .36-.44 inch.
Hab. — Europe ; New England States.
I cite this species here on the authority of Lord Walsingham.*
A well authenticated European specimen of this species is before
me, but have not seen one from within our own faunal limits.
The third ciliary line, although complete, extends to but not
around the apex, thus distinguishing it from any others of our
North American species. The larva lives on Cratcegus (hawthorn),
also occasionally, according to Meyrick, on Frayaria (strawberry).
O. priiiiivorella Ch. — Palpi white, third joint with a wide, dark fuscous
band, whicli leaves only the base and extreme apex white. Head grayish fus-
cous, tufts darker. Thorax grayish fuscous. Forewings dark brown, intermixed,
especially in basal half with grayish-purple; costal striae rather obscure, more
distinct on the costa, the outer four or five stria? extending nearly to the dorsal
margin ; interstria! spaces conspicuously darker; subplical sjiace not intermixed
with white and scarcely paler than rest of wing; plical spots almost obsolete, a
patch of blackish, semi-erect scales about middle of dorsal margin. Expanse
8-9 mm. ; .32-.36 inch.
Hab. — Middle and Northern States of Atlantic slope.
Larva in mine on underside of leaf of wild cherry and apple.
Two specimens in my collection, received a number of years ago
from Miss Murtfeldt, agree with specimens bred by the writer from
wild cherry, and have the dorsal patch of semi-erect scales, espe-
cially well developed ; they do not, however, agree with any speci-
mens of the genus which I have bred from apple, the latter helong-
« Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, lb82, p. 193.
WM. G. DIETZ, M.D. 295
iiig to a difiereut species altogetlier (quadripunctella), and do agree
with a specimen in tlie National Museum collection, bearing the
label "0. prunivorella Ch. geminatella Pack, bred from apple."
The authenticity of this specimen is in doubt. I have not seen the
type of geminatella. To judge by the description it is the same as
primivarella Ch. Nevertheless, I have serious doubts on this point,
and while positive as to the identity o'l prunivorella, feel compelled
to assign geminatella as a doubtful synonym of the former.
<>. quadripunctella Clem.— Palpi sordid white, dusted with fuscous,
second joiut witli dark apical spot externally, third joint broadly annulate with
blackish fuscous. Face fuscous, mixed with gray, tufts dark drown, occiput and
thorax grayish-white, latter speckled with fuscous. Forewings grayish-fuscous,
with feeble purplish lustre and scattered white scales; seven or eight whitish
costal strife, approximately equidistant and increasing in length aud distinctness
towards the apex, where they almost reach the dorsal margin ; apical spot well
marked; plical spots in form of a subtriangular dash, extending but little into
the subplical space, latter rather conspicuously white, with scattered fuscous
specks. Cilia whitish, basal part and below the apex fuscous; three entire fus-
cous lines. Expanse 8.5-9.5 mm. ; .34-. 38 inch.
Hah. — Eastern States,
I entertain not the least doubt that this is the species of which
Dr. Clemens described the larva and food- plant only. The former
is pale yellowish, head and first segment each with a transverse row
of black dots. I have bred specimens from Pyrus arbutifolia
(choke berry), which is closely allied to and generally mistaken for
Amelanchier canadensis. I have also bred it from apple. A speci-
men from the National Museum collection aud referred to under A.
primivarella belongs here.
A specimen received from the National Museum collection, bred
from quince (Cydania vulgaris), while scarcely distinguishable from
the species under consideration, I feel restrained to consider at least
as a variety, which eventually may prove to be specific.
Var. albitaciella.
DitFers from typical specimens by the grayish-white head, face
silvery white, tufts light yellowish fuscous. The larva also, accord-
ing to a note on the label, differs " Larva difl^ers from that on wild
cherry, no black s})ots on thorax or head." This latter observation
alone, if correct, would prove it a genuine species.
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296 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
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O. Ticinella; u. sp. — PI. IV, fig. 8. — Labial palpi white, third joint with a
wide blackish band, which leaves the basal third, extreme apex and upper edge
of joint free, second joint with a small, but distinct dot near the apex, withiu
and without. Head gray, strongly intermixed with brown on the vertex.
Thorax grayish-fuscous; sides darker. Forewings dark brown, with purple
lustre; eight or nine whitish costal striae, not very evident, nearly equidistant
and not reaching beyond middle of wing, the white being distinct only on and
closely to the costa, where they are rather wide and subtriangular ; ground color
between the striae of a decidedly darker brown ; a white spot at end of cell ; i)lical
spots large but not sharply defined, the first not quite, the second fully, attaining
the margin ; remainder of subplical space more or less speckled with fuscous, so
that the white is very little in evidence. Cilia with three entire lines, basal part
fuscous, remainder whitish ; a rather bright, white spot at the base of the cilia
opposite the space between the third and fourth costal striae (counting from the
apex). Expanse 7 mm. ; .28 inch.
Hab. — Penna. (Hazleton).
A small form. A single specimen, female, was bred by the writer
from Betula flava (yellow birch). An obscure dark species, the
white color being scarcely noticeable.
O. Strobivorella n. sp. — Palpi yellowish-white, apex of second joint and
an ill-defined band of third fuscous. Face grayish-fuscous, tufts a rich brown,
occiput and thorax creamy white. Forewings grayish-brown ; seven or eight
costal striae, very short, being scarcely more, especially towards the apex, then
costal spots; a white spot at end of cell. Plical spots velvety black, very con-
spicuous, first not reaching the dorsal margin, second spot oval, and attains the
margin, remaining part of subplical space finely speckled with fuscous. Cilia
fuscous. Expanse 10 mm. ; .4 inch.
Hah. — Penna. (Hazleton).
A single male specimen, not in very good condition, bred from
Sorbus (mountain ash). The larva forms a cone similar to Graci-
laria. The cilia are defective, but what is left leaves scarcely a
doubt that the three lines are entire.
O. arbutifoliella n.sp. — PI. IV, fig. 9. — Palpi white, apex of second joint
and a rather large spot on the third, externally, dark fuscous. Head white, tufts
pale fuscous. Thorax white. Forewings gray along middle of wing, dark brown
between the costal striae ; marking conspicuous, white ; six or seven distinct cos-
tal striae, inner ones very oblique, fourth and fifth striae (from the apex) remote
from each other, the latter extends as an undulating line towards the dorsal mar-
gin, which it attains at the tornus. Plical spots sharply defined, first spot elon-
gate and reaching half-way to dorsal margin, second spot elongate-triangular,
extending obliquely backward to within the dorsal margin ; subplical space con-
spicuously white, with scattered fuscous dots. Cilia white, three entire dark
lines. Expanse 9.-10 mm. ; .36-.4 inch.
Hab. — Penna. (Hazleton).
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PI. IV.
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DIETZ ON MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA.
WM. G. DIETZ, M.D.
297
Two specimens, bred from Pyrus arbritifolia (choke berry). A
very distinct species. The white head and thorax, bright white
markings and subplical space and the peculiar undulating fifth cos-
tal stria give it a characteristic appearance.
O. obliterella n. sp. — PI. IV, fig. 10. — Palpi white, apex of second joint
and a spot more or less distinct, on the third externally, fuscous. Head yellow-
ish-white, tufts intermixed with fuscous. Thorax white, edged with fuscous
anteriorly. Forewings purple-brown, markings white, distinct ; five or six costal
strise, fourth and fifth (from the apex) remote, more approximate towards the
apex, ground color not markedly darker between the striae; a few scattered
whitish dots. Plical spots large, first spot irregularly triangular, not quite reach-
ing the dorsal margin, second spot trapezoidal and attaining the margin, some
scattered white spots beyond the second plical ; anal angle white. Cilia with
three entire, darker lines, whitish; basal portion and below the apex darker.
Expanse 8-6 mm. ; .32-36 inch.
Hab. — Penna. (Hazleton).
Bred from Betula nigra (black birch). Very distinct; the fourth
and fifth costal striae are more widely separated, resembling thus 0.
arbutifoliella, from which it is readily distinguished by tiie fifth stria
not prolonged to the dorsal margin, the larger plical spots and the
general darker color of the insect. I have no notes about the larva.
LIST OF
1.
Orniz horeasella Clem.
2.
" guttea Tr. var. solitariella.
3.
" preciosella n. sp.
4.
kalmiella n. sp.
5.
" cratsegifoliella Clem.
6.
dubitella n. sp.
7.
" conspicuella n. sp.
8.
arbitrella n. sp.
9.
melanoteUa n. sp.
10.
anglicella Stt.
SPECIES.
11. Ornix pninivorella Ch.
12. ■' quadripundelln Clem.
13. " vicinella n. sp.
14. " strohivorella n. sp.
15. " arbutifoliella n. sp.
16. " obliterella n. sp.
UNRECOGNIZED SPECIES.
1. Ornyx festineUa Clem.
2. " trepidella Clem.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV.
1. Forewing of Orvyx gtUtea var. solitariella,
2. " '■ •' preciosella.
3. " '' " kalmiella.
4. " ■' " dubitella.
5. ■' " " conspicuella.
6. " " " arbitrella.
7. ■' " " melanoteUa.
8. " ■' '■ vicinella.
9. " ■' " arbutifoliella.
10. " '' " obliterella.
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A IVIoiiograpli or the North American Psyehodidse,
lucluding Ten ]Vew Species and an Aquatic
Psychodid from Florida.
BY LEONARD HASEMEN, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI.
(Presented as a Thesis in Zoology for the Degree of Master of Arts, Indiana University.)
(Plates V-VIII.)
In prepariug this paper the writer has attempted to give as accu-
rate and as complete an account of our present knowledge of the
mature and immature stages of the North American members of
this family as possible. He has met with some little disappoint-
ment, however, in being unable to get specimens of several of the
named species. It has been impossible for him to leave his work
and visit the various collections, and the fragility of the flies has
caused some little hesitancy in the loaning of specimens. For the
species which he has unfortunately not been able to examine the
original description of the type has been used whenever possible.
Any minor detail errors that may be present in these type descrip-
tions or errors in the generical location of these species are largely
beyond his control. It does not seem at all probable, however, that
there has not been more than a single species of Pericoma taken in
the East, and as Kincaid once suggested, it is quite likely that some
of these Psychodae are really Pericomse, but from the type descrip-
tion the writer is unable to say definitely. A species from Cuba by
Williston and one from Guatemala by Coquillett, together with ten
new species, have been included. Notes on Professor Kellogg's
aquatic larvae and pupae and the life history of a new species from
Florida have also been given.
The Psychodidae have been very appropriately called " moth
flies" from the resemblance which they bear to tiny moths. In
most species the wings are broad and held roof-like in repose, which,
together with the hairy vestiture of the body and wings, gives the
flies the moth-like appearance. They are very small, the wings of
the largest not exceeding about 4 mm. in length, so that they are
seldom taken, except by careful collectors. They shun the sunshine
and are most readily found upon shaded windows, upon the trunks
TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. SEPTEMBEB, 1907.
300 AMERICAN PSYCHODID.E.
of trees, and in the overhanging foliage of trees and shrubs, border-
ing streams. They are very readily attracted to lights, and the
writer finds this to be the most successful way of collecting them.
The venation of the wings probably represents the most general-
ized type in the Diptera, although there is good reason perhaps for
placing the Tupulidse at the foot of the scale. The immature stages
of the Psychodidse bear several points in common with Tipulidaj and
Culicidse ; while the adults of the genus Flehotomus have the blood-
sucking habit of the mosquitoes.
Excepting Psychoda alternata Say, which was first described in
1824, and Psychoda degenera Walker,^ the type descriptions of
which the writer has not seen, the work of collecting and describing
the North American Psychodids was not taken up until the early
90's. A number of the European Psychodids were described during
the earlier part of the last century ; some of the bibliography cited
by Eaton dating back to 1804, while the genus Psychoda dates
back to 1796, when it was erected by Latreille.f
The European Psychodidae have been grouped in two rather dis-
tinct divisions ; the subfamily Phlebotominse and the three genera
Pericoma, Psychoda and JJiomyia. Four genera are included in the
subfamily Phlebotominse, classed in two series.
The first series includes the' two genera Nemopaljnis Macquai't
and Phlebotomus Rondani. The autennse are 16-jointed. The pro-
boscis is prolonged and the palpi are elongate, with a flexible termi-
nal joint. The radial sector is 3-branched, and the third anal vein
in Phlebotomus is wanting or hardly distinguishable from the anal
furrow ; while in Nemopalpus it is short and descends to the margin
of the wing not far from the anal cross-vein.
The second series includes the two genera Sycorax and Trichomyia
Haliday, in which the antennae are 15-joiuted. The proboscis is
not prolonged and the palpi are short, rather stout, with a firm ter-
minal joint. The radial sector is reduced to a single forked vein.
The third anal vein is short in Sycorax as in Nemopalpus, but in
Trichomyia it is long. In Sycorax minute, rounded prominences,
hardly distinguishable, replace the ovipositor and subgenital plate ;
while in Trichomyia the valves are short, broad, suboval, laminae,
and the plate minute, subtriangular and subobtuse.
* Walker, List, etc., I, 33. — Hudson Bay Territ.
t Osten Sachen, C. R., Diptera of North America, Smithsonian Inst., 1878.
LEONARD HASEMAN. 301
The three genera, Perlcoma, Psychoda and Ulomyia, all have 4-
jointed palpi; 3-branched radial sector, forked cubitus; three anal
veins and with a maximum number of sixteen joints in the antennae.
Some of the American species have seventeen joints.
Ulomyia is distinguished from Pericoma and Psychoda by the
wings having a median upwardly bellowing sinus in the males.
Pericoma and Psychoda are not so sharply defined. Eaton* char-
acterizes the old genus Psychoda as follows :
"Male antennae 14- to 16-jointed, with nodose flagellum composed
of full sized joints as far as the thirteenth joint of the antenna, fol-
lowed by one, two or three diminutive joints and furnished with hair
inserted upon the symmetrical or subsymmetrical nodes in verticles
consisting of a series of eleven long haired verticles closely monili-
form, the eleventh including the diminutive joint or joints, wings
ovate lanceolate, acute at the end of the median vein ; subcosta
very short and rudimentary, ending in the radius and not linked to
the costa."
Since the European species of Psychodidse are quite numerous the
Rev. Eaton f recently began distributing them in smaller genera.
The generic redistribution has not been completed, but the following
six genera have been distinguished in the old genus Psychoda :
Philosepedon, Threticus, Logima, Telmatoscopus, Xenapates and
Clytocerus. When it comes to distributing our species in the
smaller genera, as suggested by Eaton, it will evidently be necessary
to erect some new genera peculiar to North America. Dealing with
the North American species the writer thinks it would be best for
the present to retain the two old genera Psychoda and Pericoma.
Six of the new species described in this paper possess the charac-
ters quoted above for Psychoda and have been placed in that genus.
The three placed in the genus Pericoma have broader wings, rounded
at the apex between the simple branch of the radial sector and the
median vein. Sycorax lanceolata Kin. is a Trichomyia ; the third
anal vein, ovipositor and ventral plate are not reduced as in Sycorax,
and the antennae in Trichomyia are 15 jointed as in Sycorax, accord-
ing to Eaton. In the collection received from Professor Snow the
writer finds a new species of Trichomyia taken in Arizona. The
39 species included in this paper from North America and Cuba
« Eaton, Ent. Mo. Mag. xl, p. 57.
t Eaton, Ent. Mo. Mag. xl, p. 55.
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302 AMERICAN PSYCIIODID^.
are generically distributed as follows: Psychoda, 22 ; Pericoma, 13 ;
Trichomyia, 2; Flebotomus, 2. This does uot include Ps. degenera
Walker.
In the paper recently mentioned Eaton maintains that the basis
upon which the inferior pair of genital appendages of the male are
borne, is in reality the anal segment, which dorsally is abbreviated,
sometimes to a hair-like loop, to make room for the opposed pair of
superior appendages and the intromittent parts. That the homo-
logue in the female is termed the subgenital plate. And that the
edge of the basis has been mistaken by several entomologists for a
basal joint of the inferior appendages viewed sideways; but that a
2 jointed condition of the inferior appendages is unknown in Psy-
chodidse.
The writer's observations agree with Eaton's statement concern-
ing the single jointed condition of the inferior genital appendages
of the male. Some species bear a number of bristling, hair-like
tenticles at the tip of tlie appendages, while others have a single,
strong, clavate ten tide, which has been mistaken by Banks and
Kincaid for a terminal segment. The shape of the basis bearing
the inferior appendages shows very plainly in some species that it is
nothing other than the reduced anal segment and not fused basal
segments of the inferior appendages, as erroneously described by
Banks and Kincaid.
In the descriptions of North American species there has appar-
ently been no mention made of the intromittent organ and the basis
of the inferior male appendages, both of which are certainly struc-
tures of importance. In two of the new species the thirteenth seg-
ment of the antennae bears a terminal spike with two or three
slight enlargements. Eaton considers these enlargements as distinct
segments, but the writer is unable to detect any segmentation what-
ever. In the descriptions of the new species, the following enumer-
ation of the wing veins has been adopted : 0, subcosta ; 1, radius ;
2, 3, 4, branches of radial sector; 5, median vein; 6, 7, branches of
forked cubitus; 8, 9, 10, anal veins; vein 4 being absent In Tricho-
myise. The artificial key for Pericoma is original, while that for
Psychoda includes the list of eastern Psychoda by Banks. The four
plates included contain original camera lucida drawings, and the
figures of the life history material were drawn largely from living
specimens.
LEONARD HASEMAN. 303
PERICOi^lA.
1. Wings light 2.
Wings mottled 3.
Wings dark 8.
2. Wings uniform gray; fringe darker; ventral pilate trilobed triloba.
Wings uniform gray, except white baud across middle; fringe with basal third
gray, remainder white; ventral plate bilobed tridactila.
3. Wings with brown and black, most noticeable at furcations and tips of veins.. .4.
Wings banded with black; frings dark brown to black, with white or black
patches at tip of veins 6.
4. Wings with dark brown at furcations and tip of wings califoriiica.
Wings with black at furcations and tip of veins 5.
5. Fringe gray, with white at apex; antennae one-half as long as breadth of
wing; 16-jointed sitclisiiia.
White most pronounced toward base and apex of wing, where it forms small,
irregular blotches; fringe black, except band of white from tip of
vein 3 to vein 7, and a blotch of same color between veins 8-9; an-
tenna 17-jointed bipniictata.
6. Wings with but a single irregular transverse band of black ; bordered within
with two white patches which often run together, forming a band ;
apex of veins black olyinpia.
Wings with two or more rather distinct transverse bands of black ; apex of
veins white 7.
7. Wings with two curved rows of black tufts across middle; white between
these; largely black beyond second, while basal portion is black and
white fiireata.
Wings with six more or less distinct transverse bands of black ; one at furca-
tion, two between it and base of wing, and two between it and the
outer band, which extends from between veins 1-2 to between veins
8-9; basal patch of white on each margin, and on costal a second patch
between the basal one and tip of first vein trialbawhorla.
8. Wings uniform grayish-black ; scales on base of wings below 9.
Wings banded or blotched with white 10.
9. Scales extending out to furcations, densely clothing the base of wing; from
furcations to tip of wings clothed with ordinary hair below; antennse
16-jointed ; furcations even scala.
Few scattered brown scales on the lower surface of wings at base, followed by
flat hairs of same color to tip of wings ; antennae 17-jointed ; anterior
furcation nearer base •• loiigiplata.
10. Wings deep black, except broad transverse white band near base and out-
wardly curved row of white patches beyond middle ; fringe witn alter-
nate white and black patches variegata.
Wings dark brown, except white patch at middle and at apex ; fringe on pos-
terior margin dark brown and white; white, alternate with brown at
tips of veins I rnncata.
Wings brown, with large basal blotch of white and a transverse band from
the tip of veins 3-7; small patch at tip of veins 2-3-4; fringe brown,
variegated with white; basal joint of antenna in male comprising
about one-fourth its length ocellari!<t var. anierieana.
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304 AMERICAN PSYCHODID.^.
Pericoma triloba Kinraid.
Pericoma triloba Kincaid, Entomological News, X, p. 33 (1899).
"Female. — Body brown, densely clothed with gray hair. Wings broadly ovate,
not quite twice as long as broad, apex distinctly pointed, exactly at end of first
simple nervu re, clothed with gray hair upon the veins; fringe dark gray ; length
of wing 3 mm. ; posterior furcation much nearer the base of the wing than the
anterior one. Legs brown, clothed with gray hair and scales. Antennae one-
half as long as the width of the wing, not much longer than the maxillary palpi ;
17-jointed ; joint 1 moderately large; joint 2 extremely large, subglobose; toward
apex clothed with scattered whorls of long gray hair; joint 17 minute. Ventral
plate broad at base, emarginate laterally and terminating in three distinct lobes;
ovipositor yellow, slightly curved.
''Male. — Genitalia inconspicuous, very hairy. Inferior appendages 2-jointed ;
joint 1 large and stout; joint 2 short, cylindrical, curving toward the apex which
is broadly and obtusely truncate. Superior appendages 1-jointed, short, straight,
tapering from the base to an acute point."
Hab. — Sitka, Washington. March 12th to June 1st.
Pericoma tridactila Kincaid.
Pericoma tridaetila Kincaid, Entomological News, X, p. 32 (1899).
''Female. — Body light brown, densely clothed with gray hair. Wings ovate,
one and one-half times as long as broad, apex n)oderately acute, clothed over the
whole surface with gray hair, except an irregular band of white across the mid-
dle; fringe with basal third gray, remainder white, as long as the width of three
cells; length of wing 2.5 mm. Legs light brown, clothed with gray hair and
scales. Antennse as long as the width of the wing, 16-jointed, with dense whorls
of gray hair upon the nodes; joints 1-2 not larger than succeeding one; joints
3-15 globular, separated by slender pedicles, which are slightly longer than the
length of the nodes; joints 14-16 minute, closely apposed. Ventral plate longer
than broad, sides not emarginate, narrowing strongly toward the apex, which is
bilobate.
"Male. — Genitalia conspicuous, clothed with gray hair. Inferior appendages
elongate, 2-jointed; basal joints stout, cylindrical, fused in the median line; sec-
ond joint as long as first, straight, cylindrical, tapering to a rounded apex and
bearing at the tip three divergent, slender, clavate processes, which are almost
as long as the second joint itself. Superior appendages half as long as inferior,
2-jointed ; joint 1 cylindrical, stout ; joint 2 as long as first, slender, tapering to
an acute point."
Hab. — Seattle, AVashington. March 24th to June 15th.
Pericoma calii'ornica Kincaid.
Pericoma californica Kincaid, Entomological News, XII, p. 195 (1901);
Kellogg, Entomological News, XII, p. 46 (1901), immature stages.
"Females. — Length 2 mm. Body brown, clothed with long gray hair. Wings
ovate, twice as long as broad, apex bluntly rounded and terminating close to the
tip of the second simple vein ; vestiture mottled with dark brown and white
hair; patches of erect dark brown hair upon the bifurcations and at the apex of
the veins; patch of white hair entad to the posterior bifurcation and another
ectad to the anterior bifurcation ; fringe gray ; posterior bifurcation closer to
LEONARD HASEMAN. 305
breadth of the wing; 17-jointed ; basal joint cylindrical, slightly longer than
broad; second joint relatively large, globular; third to sevente'enth joint nearly
uniform in size, cylindrical, slightly narrowed at each end. Ventral plate
squarish at base, finely ciliate, broadly and deeply emargiuate at apex, the ter-
minal lobes elongate, with bluntly rounded tips. Ovipositor long and narrow,
nearly straight.
"J/a/e. — Genitalia conspicuous, clothed with gray hair. Inferior appendages
elongate, •2-jointed ; basal joint stout, twice as long as broad ; second joint swollen
at base, tapering to apex, which is rounded and bears on its dorsal surface a
group of six or more stout, flattened setse. Superior appendages as long as infe-
rior, 2-joiuted ; basal joint stout, cylindrical ; second joint slender, slightly
enlarged basally, curved gently upward."
Hab. — Congress Springs, California. Reared from aquatic larvae
taken by Prof. V. L. Kellogg.
Pericoma sitchaiia Kincaid.
Pericoma sUchana Kincaid, Entomological News, X, p. 33 (1899).
"'Male. — Body black, clothed with gray hair. Legs black, clothed with gray
hair and scales. Wings ovate, broadly rounded at the tip, the ."vrst simple
nervure terminating just before the apex ; bifurcations equidist^i.' from the base
of the wing; hair upon the >eiiis .nixed black and white, the black being most
pronounced at the apices ^.^ the veins and at the bifurcations ; length of wing
2.5 mm.; fringe gray, with a patch of white at the apex. Antennae one-balf as
long as the width of the wing, 16-jointed ; joint 1 cylindrical ; joint 2 large, globu-
lar; joints 3-16 globular, separated by very short pedicles, the nodes sparsely
clothed with gray hair. Genitalia not conspicuous, black, clothed with gray hair."
ifftft.— Sitka, Alaska. July 12t!i.
Pericoma bipunctata Kincaid.
Pericoma hipHnct"la I'incaid, Entomological News, X, p. 34 (1899).
'^Female. — Body brown, clothed with white hair. Legs brown, clothed with
white hair, some of the latter being long. Wings broadly rounded at the tip,
about twice as long as broad, clothed upon the veins with white and black hair,
the black most pronounced at the apices of the veins and upon the bifurcations,
the white most evident near the base and toward the apex, where there are
small, irregular patches of this color; fringe black, except a spot extending from
the apex of the third longitudinal vein to the end of the seventh, and a small
patch between the eighth and ninth vein, which are white ; bifurcations equi-
distant from the base of the wing; antennae 17-jointed; joint 1 rather large,
cylindrical ; joint 2 broader than 1, globular; joints 3-17 fusiform, clothed with
scattered white hairs; joints 3-4 bear dorsally a row of strong, erect, black setse.
Ventral plate squarely produced, slightly emarginate at apex.
"Male. — Genitalia conspicuous, black, clothed with white hair."
Hab. — Seattle, Washington ; Santa Cruz Mts., California.
Pericoma olympia Kincaid.
Psychoda olympia Kincaid, Entomological News, VIII, p. 144 (1897) ; Kin-
caid, Entomological News, X, p. 31 (1899).
"Length 2 mm. — Body brown, densely clothed with dark gray hair. Legs
brown, clothed with dark gray hair ; a number of long white hairs scattered over
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306 AMERICAN PSYCHODIDiE.
thetibias; tarsi with gray scales. Wings lanceolate, acutely pointed ; length 3.5
mm. ; fringe on anterior margin black, as long as the width of a cell, with a
long tuft near base; on posterior margin gray, sometimes with a few black hairs,
as long as the width of three cells ; small patch of black hair at tip of each vein,
an irregular band of black hair across wing, toward apex; immediately internal
to this two patches of white hair which occasionally run together into a band ;
small patch of white hair at base of wing; region near base with mixed black
and white hair; antennae 16-jointed, dark, clothed with verticillate gray hairs
upon the nodes, excejft first and second joints, which are covered with scales;
first joint cylindrical; second joint round; joints 3-14 fusiform, produced into
tapering pedicles; joints 15-16 small, without pedicles; length in female as long
as width of wing with fringe; in male twice the breadth of wing; male geni-
talia not conspicuous; brown, with scattering gray hairs. Inferior appendages
2-jointed ; first joint oblong, stout, united into a broad plate ventrally, which is
produced posteriorly into a small, median, conical i)rocess; second joint slightly
longer than first, obclavate, slightly curved, apex truncated and bearing a group
of long stiff bristles. Superior appendages as long as inferior, 2-jointed ; first
joint oblong; second joint a little longer than first, slender, tapering to an acute
point. Ventral plate of female as broad as long, terminating posteriorly in two
finely pubescent lobes with a slight emargination between ; anteriorly it is
densely clothed with gray hair; ovipositor yellowish, inconspicuous, as long as
ventral plate, almost straight."
Hah. — Olympica and Seattle, Washington, April and July.
Pericoma f'lircata Kincaid.
Pericoma furcata Kincaid, Entomological News, X, p. 34 (1899).
"Female. — Body brown, clothed with white hair, among which a few black
hairs are scattered. Wing twice as long as broad, narrowly rounded at the apex,
which is pointed between the simple veins; wings clothed with white and black
hairs as follows: Two curved rows of prominent black tufts across the middle of
the wing, between which the hair is principally wliite ; the area between the
outer row of black tufts and the apex of the wing principally with black hair;
area between the inner row of black tufts and the base of wing with mixed
black and white hair; fringe black, with white tufts at apices of all the veins;
bifurcations equidistant fiom the base of the wing; length of wing 2.8 mm.
Antenute as long as the width of the wing, 16-jointed ; joints 1-2 slightly larger
than the succeeding ones; joints 3-16 swollen at base and bearing loose tufts of
black hair. Legs with alternate annulations of black and white hair. Ventral
plate dilated basallyand strongly produced in the middle, the production bilobed
and angularly emarginate at apex; ovipositor moderately long, almost straight."
Hab. — Pullman, Washington.
Pericoma trialbawliorla n. sp.
Body dark brown to black, quite densely clothed with light gray and black
hair; white predominating on the anterior part of the thorax and at tip of
abdomen ; band of erect hairs above eyes, white; hair on lower surface of body
darker. Legs dark brown, clothed with dark haiis and scales and banded with
white at joints; base of tarsi white; tibiae with median and terminal bands of
white; hind tarsi almost entirely white. Length of antenna; 1.25 mm.; 17-
LEONARD HASEMAN, 307
jointed ; basal joints much stronger than the succeeding ones; first longer than
broad; second globular; 3-15 with basal enlargements; joint 16 spherical ; 16-17
closely joined ; 17 with terminal spike; pedicles of 3-6 longest, one-third longer
than their nodes; nodes 8, 12 and 17 with whorls of snow-white hair, while other
nodes are clothed with whorls varying from gray to slaty -black; whorls 3-6
having a light cast in reflected light but not snowy, as 8, 12 and 17; segments
1-2 rather sparingly clothed with dark scales; nodes and pedicles dark brown.
Length of wings 2-2.3 mm.; breadth .85-1 mm.; broadly rounded midway be-
tween the simple veins; bifurcations even, midway between the base and tip;
wings densely clothed with white, black and brown hair; fringes rather heavy;
posterior about one-fourth the breadth of wing, varying from brown to black,
with a small patch of white at the tip of each vein, and a small white costal
patch in front of the tip of the first vein ; also a basal patch on costa and a more
distinct basal patch on the posterior margin; tuft of long, bristling hairs of a
yellowish cast commingled with the basal patch on costa; white patches occupy-
ing about as much of the fringe as the darker patches ; wings transversely banded
with black as follows: An interrupted but distinct band extending from midway
between the tips of veins 1-2 to midway between 8-9; a less distinct parallel
band extending from a point between the tips of veins 9-10 to the costal margin
just in front of the tip of vein 1; midway between this and the bifurcations a
still less distinct band ; on a level with the bifurcations a very distinct band, and
between this and the base of the wing two less distinct bands. These black
bands are formed by erect tufts of flattened black hairs on the veins. Between
these black bands the hair is largely white, giving the wings a distinct banded
appearance. Male genitalia very short, hidden beneath the hairs of the poste-
rior end of the abdomen. Ovipositor strong, a little longer than plate, acute at
tip, slightly curved. Ventral plate longer than broad, tapering from an expanded
base to tip, which has a shallow emargination ; yellow at tip, black toward base ;
about one-fifth mm. long.
Readily distinguished by banded antenuie and wing markings.
Hah. — Columbia, Missouri. Five specimens taken on laboratory
window and at light, September 18 to November 9, 1906.
Pericoina scala n. sp.
Body yellowish-brown, clothed with grayish-black hair, which to the unaided
eye gives the insect a black appearance, but which, under magnification, appears
lighter. Legs dark brown to black, clothed with dark hairs and scales; tarsi
covered with light scales, which appear white in reflected light. Wings broadly
rounded, apex about midway between sim pie nervures ; length of wing 2.1 mm. ;
breadth .85 mm.; uniformly clothed with smoky gray hair ; bifurcations even,
1 mm. from base of wing; hairs of posterior fringe longer and more erect than
of anterior; length of former .35 mm., of latter .25 mm. ; under surface of wings
densely clothed with brownish-black scales from the base to the bifurcations,
which give the base of the wings a conspicuous black appearance; beyond the
scales is a narrow band of flat hairs, which give way to ordinary hairs distally.
Antennte 16-joiuted ; length 1.15 mm.; basal joint strong, cylindrical; second
joint smaller than first, spherical; 3-15 with basal enlargements, about equal in
length to the strong pedicles; 16 closely joined to 15, spherical, with short termi-
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308 AMERICAN PSYCHODID^.
nal spike; segments 1-2 covered with scales and scattered hairs; 3-16 with short
scales on the nodes inside the whorls of vertical hairs; whorls reaching beyond
base of succeeding node, thus forming a broad cup around it. Sex indistinguish-
able, but from the shape of the posterior abdominal segments probably a female.
Hab. — Oak Creek Cauon, Arizona. Single specimen from the
Kansas University collection. Collected by Prof. F. H. Snow, in
August.
l*ericoina longiplata n. sp.
Body light brown, heavily clothed with grayish-brown hair; that upon the
thorax almost white. Antennae 17-jointed ; basal segments strong and densely
clothed with light scales and scattered bristling hair; length of first segment
greater than its breadth; second spheroidal; segments 3-15 with basal enlarge-
ments, well clothed with whorls of light hair; 16 spherical ; 17 closely joined to
16 with basal enlargement, and distal spike longer than the basal swelling; pedi-
cles short and strong; length of antennse .9 mm. Length of wing 2.1-2.2 mm. ;
breadth .75 mm. ; narrower than in preceding species, but not acutely angular at
tip; apex slightly nearer tip of median vein than simple branch of radial sector;
above, wings very densely clothed with fine dark gray hair; below, base of veins
with a few scattered brownish scales, followed by flat hairs of the same color,
which extend to the tip of the wing; radial bifurcation slightly nearer base of
wing than cubital, about .1 mm.; cubital furcation in the middle of the wing;
fringes very heavy ; posterior .5 mm. broad ; anterior denser, but less erect than
posterior. Legs about same color as body ; hairs and scales covering them some-
what lighter than on body; middle and posterior tibiae each with a row of long,
erect spine-like hairs on its inner and outer surfaces; those on middle portion of
the segments longest, and those of the outer row longer than those of the inner;
femurs and tibiae rather sparingly clothed with closely applied hairs and scattered
scales: tarsi clothed with light scales. Ovipositor well developed, yellow, reddish
toward the base; length .42 mm.; strong at base, but tapers quite rapidly to
rather an acute point; slightly curved downward. Ventral plate longer than
broad; broadly emarginate behind, slightly constricted in middle; base expanded
and truncate; same color as ovipositor; three-fifths length of ovipositor.
Hah. — Oak Creek Canon, Arizona. Five females from the
Kansas University collection. Collected by Prof. F. H. Snow,
in August.
Pericoma variegata Kincaid.
Pericoma variegata Kincaid, Entomological News, X, p. 33 (1899).
"Female. — Body black, clothed with white hair, except a small patch of black
hair near the base of the wing. Legs black, clothed with black and white hair.
Wings rather acutely rounded at the tip, more than twice as long as broad ; hair
upon the veins deep black, except upon a broad transverse band near the base
and an outwardly curved row of small patches just beyond the middle, which are
white; fringe, both on anterior and posterior margin, with alternate patches of
white and black hair; length of wing 2.8 mm. Antennae black, as long as the
width of the wing, 17-jointed ; joints 1-3 stout, cylindrical, densely hairy ; joints
4-17 small, fusiform, thinly clothed with long white hair. Ventral plate brown,
shallowly emarginate at apex ; ovipositor brown, rather long, almost straight."
Hab. — Seattle, Washington, May 8th.
LEONARD HASEMAN. 309
Pericoma triincata Kincaid.
Pericoma truncnta Kincaid, Entomological News, X, p. 35 (1899).
'' Female.— MoA J brown, densely clothed with mixed white and dark brown
hair. Wiugs ovate, broadly rounded at the tip, not quite twice as long as broad ;
hair upon tiie veins principally dark brown, with a rather large patch of white
near the middle of the wing and its apex, fringe dark brown, on posterior mar-
gin as long as the width of three cells and with small patches of white hair alter-
nating with the brown tufts at the apices of the veins; bifurcations of the veins
equidistant from the base of the wing. Length of wing 4 mm. Legs brown,
clothed with brown hair and scales, interspersed with a few longer white hairs.
Antennae black, not quite as long as the width of the wings, 17-jointed ; joint 1
rather large, cylindrical ; joint 2 large, globose ; joints 3-16 fusiform, clothed with
scattered hairs; joint 17 minute; ventral plate longer than broad, broadly trun-
cate at the apex ; ovipositor yellow, long and slender, strongly curved."
Hah. — VvL\o Alto, California.
Pericoma ocellaris Meigen var. amerieana Kincaid.
Pericoma ocellaris var. amerieana Kincaid, Entom. News, XII, p. 194 (1901).
"Female. — Length 2 mm. Body brown, clothed with brown hair, except upon
the dorsal arc of the thorax, which bears a dense vestiture of long white hair.
Wings ovate, more than twice as long as broad, apex bluntly rounded and termi-
nating close behind the end of the first simple vein ; anterior bifurcation a little
nearer the base of the wing than the posterior one. Vestiture of wings brown,
variegated with white as follows: A large patch near the base on the anterior
margin, a sinuous band crossing the wing from the end of the third longitudinal
vein to the end of the seventh, a small patch at the tips of the second, third and
fourth longitudinal veins. Fringe brown, variegated with white as follows: A
large patch near the base on the anterior margin, a small patch at tips of first to
third longitudinal veins, a patch on the posterior margin extending from the tip
of the fourth vein to the tip of the seventh, and a small patch at the end of the
ninth vein. Legs clothed with brown hair and scales, with several annulations
of white upon the tarsi. Antennte a little longer than the width of the wing,
16-jointed ; basal joint cylindrical, four times as long as thick ; second joint large,
globular ; third joint much smaller than second, ovate ; fourth to sixteenth joints
slender, fusiform, gradually diminishing in size; the joints clothed with scattered
hairs. Ventral plate shallowly emarginate at apex, terminating on each side in
a well marked lobe. Ovipositor straight, acutely pointed.
''Male. — Antennae differing from those of the female in that the basal joint is
relatively much longer, forming about one-fourth the length of the entire organ,
and the third joint, which is oval, bears near its apex an oval scar, from which
arises a dense tuft of hair, the tuft being strongly bent in the middle, so as to
assume a sinuous appearance. Genitalia conspicuous. Inferior appendages
2-jointed ; basal joint stout, twice as long as broad ; distal joint nearly twice as
long as basal, slightly curved, tapering to apex, which bears a tuft of upwardly
projecting setae. Superior appendages not quite as long as inferior, 2-jointed ;
basal joint stout, cylindrical ; distal joint nearly straight, slender, about equal in
length to basal, tapering to a rather acute point."
Hah. — Maine.
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310 AMERICAN PSYCHODID^.
PSYCHODA.
1. Wiugs black 2.
Wings mottled with white and black 11.
Wings gray or smoky gray 12.
2. Wings with iridescent scales, hind tarsi only partly white nitida.
Wings without iridescent scales 3.
3. Hind tarsi wholly pale yellowish or whitish 4.
Hind tarsi black or only partly pale 8.
4. Two black patches on wings before middle 5.
No black patches 7.
5. Wings with no white patches at tip of veins marginalis.
Wings with white at tip of veins 6.
6. Wings over 3 mm., with small white, black and yellow patches of erect flat
hairs at radial bifurcation and similar patches of black and white at
cubital bifurcations snowii.
Wings less than 3 mm., without these patches of flat hair as above.
albi|>iiii<*tata.
7. Length of wing more than 2 mm., white at tip albitarsiis.
Less than 2 mm., without white patches liorizoiitala.
8. Hind tarsi wholly black, wings and fringe all black 9.
Hind tarsi with some wliite marks, wings and frings marked with pale-. .10.
9. Thorax white bicolor.
Thorax black nigra.
10. Fringe on posterior margin blackish, abdomen with white hair, wings banded
with pale, legs pale slossoiii.
Fringe on posterior margin more whitish, apical margin with distinct black
dots, wings not plainly banded though with scattered white hair, legs
black superba.
11. Wings with alternate patches of black and white, antennse shorter than
breadth of wing, 15-jointed, distinct patches at tip of veins.
schizura.
Wings principally light grayish, with scattered patches of black, antennse
13-jointed, equal breadth of wing, patches at apex of wing less dis-
tinct florid ica.
12. Wings uniform gray • 13.
Wings very dark gray to smoky 16.
Wings marked with black 17.
13. Wings at least 2 mm. long 14.
Smaller; wings less than 2 mm 15.
14. Antennse slender, slightly longer than width of wing, 15-jointed. .cinerea.
Length of antennse one and one-half times the width of wing; 16-jointed.
elegans.
15. Fringe on hind margin rather short minuta.
Fringe on hind margin very long, one-half breadth of wing.
longifringa.
16. Wings uniform smoky, without black patches at tip of veins.
uiiiforinata.
Wings lighter, with black patches at apex of most of the veins.
uocturnale.
LEONARD HASEMAN. 311
17. Wings banded, with basal and marginal patches of black, also median band
from costa to middle of wing, dots at ends of veins, base and tip of
bind tarsi black signata.
Wings scarcely banded 18.
18. Hind tarsi unmarked (yellow), dots at apex of veins, no basal black band nor
marginal patches beyond the middle allernata.
Hind tarsi uniform dark brown, wings with band of black near base, and a
black spot on each margin beyond the middle, and one or two apical
dots opposita.
Legs yellowish-white, with creamy colored hair, wings with creamy colored
hair, except for an S-shaped patch of black across the middle, fringe
creamy coloi'ed, except black patch at terminals of the S- • • -sigma.
Psyclioda uitida Banks.
Psychoda niiida Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXXIII, p. 275 (1901).
"Thorax in front densely clothed with long gray hair, behind at the base of
the wings it is darker, often black. Abdomen black, with jet black hair. Legs
black, with black hair; on the basal joints of all tarsi are some white scale-like
hairs. Wings clothed with black, and some iridescent scales showing a bluish,
greenish, or coppery hue, according to the light and position. Fringe black,
white at tip of wing. Tip of veins usually show heavier patches of black hair
or scales. Antennse slender, moniliform, slightly longer than the width of the
wing. Wings moderately broad, scarcely acute at tip, the fringe on the posterior
margin being about one-fourth the width of the wing. Length of wing 2.6 mm."
Hab. — Washington, D. C.
Pii^ychoda marginalia Banks.
Psychoda marginalis Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXVI, p. 333 (1894) ;
XXXIII, p. 275 (1901).
"Black, head and thorax with white hair, but not very dense ; abdomen with
black hair, and often a small patch of white hair each side at tip; wings thinly
clothed with black and gray hair, and some scattered white ones near base, two
prt)minent patches of erect black hair just beyond the middle of the wing; the
fringe dark gray, except near the tip on each side, where it is whitish, giving the
appearance of a white margin to a black wing; it is very long, on the posterior
margin nearly as long as the breadth of the wing; legs dark, with gray hair.
Antennse slender, black, with whorls of gray hair, about as long as the width of
the wing ; wings narrow, acute at tip. The inferior pair of male appendages are
long and slender ; at first they are parallel, then they diverge and curve upward ;
they are clothed with fine black hair ; the superior pair are very far apart at base,
about two-thirds as long as the inferior pair, gradually tapering and but little
curved toward each other. Length of wing 1.8-2 mm.
Hab.-^ea Cliff, N. Y.
Fsychoda snowii n. sp.
Body light brown, densely clothed with smoky brown and white hairs; on
thorax almost wholly white; on abdomen darker. Legs brownish, with white,
black and brownish hairs and scales ; tip of femurs and tibiae white ; base of tar-
sal segments white; fifth almost entirely white. Length of wings: female, 3.5
mm.; male, 3 mm.; breadth: female, 1.5 mm.; male, 1.4 mm.; wings ovate,
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. SEPTEMBEE, 1907.
312 AMERICAN PSYCHODID.E.
rather acutely angulated at tip of median vein; radial furcation slightly nearer
tip than cubital, about two-thirds length of wing from tip in the male. Female
wing rather densely clothed with black and dark brown, variegated with white
and yellow hair; fringes appear lighter; anterior denser, but less erect than pos-
terior; costa with a dense basal patch of brown; beyond this a large patch of
black ; tips of veins 1-2 with small patch of yellowish-white hairs and the fringe
from tip of third vein to the apex of wing of the same color ; tip of wing black ;
posterior fringe with small yellowish-white patches at tips of veins 6-7-8-9 and
just behind the tip of vein 10; entad to the radial furcation is a patch of erect,
bright yellow, flat hairs, bordered in front and behind with small patches of
similar white hairs; behind the furcation on the anterior branch is a small snowy
patch, followed by a small black patch, which is followed by a second yellow
tuft, and this in turn is bordered behind by a second snowy tuft; behind the
furcation on the posterior branch is a large tuft of black hair; ectad to the cubi-
tal furcation on the posterior branch is a small patcli of white, bordered behind
by black ; there is a more or less distinct transverse band of white about on a
line from tips of veins 1 and 9; white at base of veins much less distinct than in
males. In the males the patches at tips of veins more distinct and snow white;
transverse band of white less distinct; base of all the veins white; costa black
at base, followed by large white patch ; anterior fringe much darker than in
females, which is also true of the whole wing vestiture. Antenuse 16-iointed, 2
ram. long ; basal segments about equal ; scales on first principally black, on second
white; segments 3-16 with basal enlargements and long slender pedicles; pedicles
about uniform in length, much longer than nodes; nodes and pedicles brownish-
yellow ; nodes with whorls of snow-white hair, which are more erect in the
males, giving the antennae a heavier appearance; terminal spike of sixteenth
segment slightly constricted in the middle but expanded toward the apex, bear-
ing very short light hairs. Ovipositor yellowish, .3 mm. long, almost straight.
Ventral plate yellow ; a third broader than long; breadth .2 mm. ; broadly trun-
cate at base, constricted toward the middle and slightly expanded toward apex,
which is broadly emarginate. Inferior pair of male genitalia prominent; .5 mm.
in length ; expanded toward base; quite densely clothed with long, gray, knotted
hair over half way to tip, where they are suddenly constricted; terminal con-
stricted portion bearing ten or twelve strong, erect, flat tenticles ; basis of inferior
pair of genitalia strongly developed, broad at apex, with median projection,
tai)ering toward base; shorter than the genitalia; superior pair strong, 2-jointed,
about equal the length of inferior; basal segment quite strong; only sparingly
clothed with hair; second segment tapering rapidly from slightly expanded base
to acute tip, which is hooked downward. The side view of the genitalia shows
how the basis can be mistaken for a basal segment of the inferior appendages.
Intromittent organ strongly developed; .25 mm. long and broader than deep;
club shaped, with an oval-shaped opening on the dorsal surface; depressed toward
tip. The hair covering thorax, abdomen and male genitalia knotted ; in some
cases a single hair will have as many as three or four enlargements. The writer
found knotted hair on none of his other specimens.
Hah. — Galveston, Texas. Three males and three females from the
Kansas Univ. collection. Collected by Prof. F. H. Snow, in May.
Readily distinguished by large size; color patterns of wings;
snow-white antennae and knotted hair.
LEONARD BASEMAN. 313
Psychoda albipiiiictata Williston.
Psychoda aJbipunctatn Williston, Entomological News, IV, p. 113 (1893).
"Wings rather broad, clothed rather thinly with brownish and blackish hair;
a tuft of blackish hair near each furcation ; at the extremity of each vein, save
the first, and last, a smaller, white one; a small white tuft also near the black
one on the anterior furcation ; the prefurca of the second vein with longer
and yellowish hair. Abdomen in ground color, luteous and blackish, the hair
abundant and erect, for the most part gray, or brownish-gray, with black inter-
mixed. Hair of the thorax brownish-gray, abundant ; autennse yellow, elongate,
longer than the abdomen ; basal joints moderately thickened, tlie remaining
joints slender, verticellate with white hairs. Legs brown, clothed with brownish
hair and tomentum, with narrow annuli of white tomentum at tip of tibige and
metatarsi ; hind metatarsi ciliated ; tarsi stout. Length 2.2 mm. ; wings 2.2 mm."
Hah. — Havana, Cuba. Collection of National Museum.
PsycliOfIa albitarsis Banks.
Psychoda albitarsis Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXVII, p. 324 (1895) ;
Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXXIII, p. 275 (1901).
"Wings moderately broad, tip not very acute, clothed with blackish hair; some
specimens show a patch of more dense hair on the middle near the costal mar-
gin ; the fringe is black, except at the tip, where it is white ; behind, the fringe is
over four times as long as the width of a cell ; head, thorax and abdomen densely
clothed with black hair; legs with dense black hair, except the tarsi, which are
white or pale yellow. Antennte very short, pale, with whitish hair. Length of
wing 2.4 mm.
"Differs from P. nigra by white apical fringe, and white tarsi and less pointed
wings; from P. margiufdis by larger size, white tarsi and black haired body."
Hab. — Ithaca, New Yoi-k, June and July.
Psychoda horizoiitala n. sp.
Head, thorax and body deep black ; clothed with dark gray and black hair;
legs black, well clothed with gray and smoky hair; scales on tarsi light. Wings
narrowly ovate, acutely angulated at tip of second simple nervure; veins and
wing border dark brown to black, evenly but rather sparingly clothed with dark
gray and smoky hair; fringes narrow and thin, po.sterior hardly one-fourth the
breadth of wing; same color as the hair on veins. Anterior furcation in the
middle of the wing, about one-eighth the length of wing nearer tip of wing than
the posterior. Length of wing 1.3-1.6 mm.; width .45-.6 mm. Length of an-
tennae one and one-half the breadth of wing; 13-jointed ; 1-2 stronger than the
rest; first longer than the second ; 3-13 with basal enlargements; their diameters
less than the length of the slender pedicles; thirteenth with terminal spike,
bearing three slight enlargements. Nodes and pedicles black, whorls light ; basal
segments sparingly clothed with light scales. Genitalia very prominent ; basis
of inferior pair of male genitalia broad behind, but tapers rapidly toward base ■
inferior appendages strong, club shaped, slightly enlarged at base, but tapering
only slightly until near the tip, where it constricts rapidly to a rather acute tip;
bearing a single strong clavate tenticle; about twice the length of the basis-
length one-half the breadth of wing; superior pair about as long as inferior; 2-
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314 AMERICAN PSYCHODID^.
jointed ; basal segment sliglitly longer and stronger than terminal one, wliich is
directed downward, clothed with scattered, short erect spinules; inferior pair
spreading horizontally, clothed to very tips with long bristling hair. Intromit-
tent organ small, spike-like.
Hah. — Columbia, Missouri. Two males taken on laboratory
window November 8th.
Psychoda bicolor Banks.
Psychoda hicolor Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXVI, p. 333 (1894) ;
XXXIII, p. 275 (1901).
"Head and thorax yellowish-white, abdomen black, the former with white, the
latter with black hair; wings with black hair; most dense toward base and on
costa; fringe black and dark gray behind, where it is about three or four times
as long as the width of a cell; legs black, with black hair; antennsE slender,
slightly longer than breadth of wing, black, with whorls of dark gray hair; the
wings are broader than usual, very oblique behind, and acute at tip. The infe-
rior male appendages are 3-jointed, the basal joints nearly united, the second
joint tapering and curved upward, about as long as the first joint, at tip with a
shor't, recurved, pointed joint; superior appendages two-thirds as long; widely
separated, curved doward, slender at tip. Length of wing 2.4 mm."
Hab.—Sea. Cliff, N. Y.
Psyclioda nigra Banks.
Psychoda nvjra Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXVI, p. 331 (1894) ;
Canadian Entomologist, XXXIII, p. 275 (1901).
" Black, with dark brown on the thorax and long black hair on the abdomen,
wings evenly and quite thickly covered with long black hair, and with a black
fringe, which on the posterior margin is about five times as long as the width of
a cell ; legs black, with very long black hair on outside of the tibise at base.
Antennae slender and a trifle longer than the width of the wing, clothed with
white and some black hair, giving them a grayish appearance; wings narrower
than in P. alternata, and very acute at tip, the posterior margin near tip being
almost concave. The ventral plate of the female is blackish, not much longer
than broad, broadest at base, and barely emarginate at tip ; ovipositor more than
twice as long as plate and slightly curved. Length of wing 2.1 mm."
. Hab.—Setx Cliff, N. Y.
Psychoda slO!>tSoni Williston.
Psychoda slossoni Williston, Entomological News, IV, p. 114 (1893) ; Banks,
Canadian Entomologist, XXVII, p. 324(1895); Canadian Entomolo-
gist, XXXIII, p. 275 (1901).
" Wings rather narrow, the upper surface clothed for the most jiart with rather
long, black hair, with one or two poorly differentiated bands or spots of whitish
hair; costa at the base with a large tuft of dense, long, black hair, beyond the
tuft of hair becomes gradually shorter and somewhat intermixed with whitish ;
on the posterior margin the hair is dense and long, black, except between the
termination of the sixth and seventh veins, and at the tip where it is white.
Body black, not shining; abdomen and scutellum clothed with long white hair,
LEONARD HASEMAN. 315
the dorsum of the thorax apparently with black and white liair; antennae not
longer than twice the greatest diameter of the head, slender, light yellow; the
basal joints dilated, black, and densely clothed with black hair; the following
joints elongate, slender, with a row of about six slender, successively longer,
erect, straight, fine bristles on the upper margin. Legs yellowish, the tarsi
blackish ; tibiae and tarsi, or at least the two anterior pairs, ciliate, with long
black hair; that on the tibise on both sides distally ; that on the tarsi chiefly on
the basal joint and on the posterior and dorsal margin. Length 2.2 mm. ; wings
2.75 mm."
Through the kindness of Professor Snow the writer has l)een per-
mitted to examine Williston's type and will add the following
notes: Wings rather broadly rounded at tip between two simple
nervures; length 3.1 mm.; breadth 1.25 mm. Hair on wings prin-
cipally dark brown, with reflected light; anterior fringe light;
breadth .5 mm. ; posterior fringe broader, dark, except light patche.s
between first and second anal veins, and at tip of wing, and a light
brown patch at tip of third anal vein ; upper surface of wing with
a rather distinct, narrow, transverse band of white, midway between
furcations and ti]) of wing, bordered on its inner margin with a nar-
row band of black ; at the furcations a broader but less distinct
band, consisting of scattered white hair; under surface of wings
principally dark brown, with some scattered white hair; bifurca-
tions about even, near middle of wing.
One wing and part of the body is all that is left of the specimen.
Should probably be Pericoma.
^a6.— Watkiu's Glen, N. Y.
Psyclioda superba Banks.
Psychoda superba Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXVI, p. 332 (1894) ;
XXXIII, p. 275 (1901) ; Kincaid, Entomological News, XII, p. 193 11901).
"Black, with thorax clothed in the middle with black hair, and on the sides
with snow-white hair, in some cases it appears to be all white haired ; the abdo-
men with long, dense, black hair; the wings with blackish hair and patches of
erect white hair, the tips of the posterior veins with a black dot and a white spot
between them, some of the anterior veins also usually tipped with a black dot;
most of the fringe on the anterior margin is black, but near tip and on posterior
margin gray or whitish, where it is four times as long as the width of a cell ; the
legs are black, with black hairs and scales and a few white scales at the tip of
the joints. The male antennse are black, quite thick, shorter than the width of
wing, with short, black and longer gray appres.sed hair; in the female the an-
tennse are more slender and more sparingly clothed. There are a few patches of
white hair on the head. The wings are quite bioad, but hardly as acute at tip
as in some species. The genitalia are not prominent, being concealed by the
long black hair of the abdomen. The inferior appendages of the male are black.
TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. OCTOBER, 1907.
316 AMERICAN PSYCHODID^.
approximate, short and blunt; they are not much more than one-half as long as
the diameter of the tip of the body, and but little upcurved ; the superior pair
are nearly as long, stout, aud tapering to a point; they are wide apart at base,
but curve toward each other. The ventral plate of the female is broad, yellow
at tip, aud broadly notched, but the notch is but one-half as deep as wide; the
ovipositor is twice as long as plate and a little curved. Length of wing 2.5-
"2.9 mm."
//aft.— Sea Cliff', N. Y., aud Battle Creek, Mich.
I'syclioda scliizura Kincaid.
Psychoda schiznrn Kincaid, Entomological News, X, p. 32 (1899).
"Female. — Body whitish, clothed with gray hair on the thorax and silvery
white on the abdomen. Legs whitish, becoming darker basally, clothed with
white hairs aud scales. Wings a little more than twice as long as broad, rather
acutely pointed at the apex ; hair upon the veins white and black, distributed in
alternate patches, so as to give the surface of the wings a mottled appearance;
well-marked patches of black at the apex of veins; fringe on posterior margin
gray ; length of wings 2.7 mm. Antennae not as long as the width of wing, 15-
jointed ; basal joints not much larger than succeeding ones; joints 3-15 globular,
separated by slender pedicles, which are about as long as the nodes, each joint
bearing a verticillate tuft of white hair. Ventral plate V-shaped ; ovipositor short.
''Male. — Smaller than female. Inferior appendages extremely long, 3-joiuted ;
joint 1 stout, cylindrical ; joint 2 almost twice as long as 1, enlarged at the base
and tapering to the apex ; joint 3 minute, clavate. Superior appendages as long
as first joint of inferior, 2-jo)nted, tapering to an acute point."
Hub.— Seatt]e, Wash., August 13th to September 1st.
FNychoda floridica n. sp.
Head aud thorax yellow, clothed with light gray and black hair, the latter
predominating on the thorax; abdomen black, variegated with brown between
the segments; clothed with gray and smoky hair; tuft of long, smoky gray hair
on posterior edge of thorax extending over half way to tip of abdomen. Females
larger than males; length of wing 2.75-2.9 mm.; breadth 1-1. 1 mm. Males:
length 2.15-2.22 ram.; breadth .75-.80 mm. Wings rather acutely angulated at
tip of median vein ; evenly and well clothed with light gray hair; with distinct
blotches of black; tips of all the veins except 5-7-9 with rather distinct patches
of black hair; that at tip of 6 extending basally almost half-way to the furca-
tion ; that on 4 extending hardly so far; blotch at tip of first vein extending out
onto the fringe and across onto vein 2; anterior fringe darker than posterior;
posterior quite broad; cubital furcation slightly nearer base than tip of wing;
about one-eleventh length of wing nearer base than radial furcation. Antennse
equal the breadth of wing, 13-jointed ; basal joints stronger than succeeding
ones; first longer than broad, second globular, 3-12 with basal enlargements aud
slender pedicles; 13 with basal enlargement and terminal spike bearing three
slight enlargements ; pedicles of median segments much longer than nodes ; each
node with dense, long grayish whorl, which includes the base of the succeeding
segment; nodes yellow, i)edicles lighter. Legs pale yellow, with light hairs and
scales. Ventral plate bright yellow, as long as broad, cleft so as to have a bilobed
appearance. Ovipositor .25 mm. long, not twice as long as plate, darker than
LEONARD HASEMAN. 317
plate, curved downward. Male genitalia strongly developed; basis of inferior
pair twice as broad as long, angulated behind and at outer margin ; inferior pair
over twice the length of plate, strong, enlarged at base, straight to beyond mid-
die.when it curves considerably upward, tapers gradually from middle to a rather
acute tip, which bears a single clavate tenticle; clothed with strong, bristling
hair. Superior pair 2-jointed ; the basal joint shorter but stronger than the sec-
ond, which is only slightly enlarged at base and tapers toward the tip; curved
slightly toward tip; armed with short spinules on inner margin ; wide apart at
base, but curviug inwardly so that the tips almost meet. Intromittent organ
short, spike-like.
Hah. — Lake City, Florida. Bred in the laboratory at Univer-
sity from aquatic larvse, February, 1906, and later dates. The
immature stages are described by the writer in the second part of
this paper as "An Aquatic Psychodid from Florida."
I'sychoda ciiierea Banks.
Psychoda cinerea Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXVI, p. 331 (1894) ;
XXVII, p. 324 (1895) ; XXXIII, p. 274 (1901) ; Kiucaid Entomologi-
cal News, XII. p. 193 (1901).
Psychoda pacifica Kincaid, Entomological News, VIII, p. 143 (1897) ; X, p.
31 (1899).
"Thorax and abdomen with long gray liair, a tuft of black hair at base of
wing; wings with gray hair and fringe, the latter on the posterior margin nearly
three times the width of a cell ; legs pale, with long, gray and short white hair,
and black scales on the tarsi. Antennae slender, a little longer than the width
of the wing, base of joints blackish, each joint with a whorl of white hair;
wings about as broad as in Ps. alternata, acute at tip. The inferior pair of male
appendages is long, contracted in the middle, swollen beyond, then growing
slender and curving upward, clothed beneath with white hair; the superior pair
much shorter and curved downward near tip, they are quite suddenly swollen
near the middle; ventral plate of female as broad as long, slightly emarginate
behind and with short scales; the ovipositor quite prominent and slightly
curved. Length of wing 2.1-2.8 mm."
Hab.—Sen Cliff, N. Y., and Pacific Coast from Alaska to Cali-
fornia.
Psychoda elegans Kiucaid.
Psychoda elegans Kincaid, Entomological News, VIII, p 144 (1897).
"Length 1.6-2 mm. Thorax and dorsal surface of abdomen brown; lateral
margins of abdomen dull white; ventral surface of abdomen brownish, varying
to dull white. Thorax and abdomen sparingly clothed with gray hair. Legs
brown, clothed with gray hair and scales. Wings lanceolate, acutely pointed,
with gray hair upon the veins; fringe gray, sparse, short upon anterior margin,
somewhat longer than posterior margin ; antennae brown, one and one-half times
as long as breadth of wing, 16-joiuted, with verticilate hairs upon the nodes;
joints 1-3 closely joined, 3-13 separated by slender pedicles; joints 14-16 small,
narrowly separated ; male genitalia brown, with gray hair above and below,
somewhat prominent. Inferior appendages moderately long, curving dorsally,
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318 AMERICAN PSYCHODID^.
3-jointed ; first joint broad at base, conical ; secoud joint as long or a little longer
than first, swollen at base, tapering; third joint extremely slender, cylindrical,
about one-sixth as long as second joint. Superior appendages about one-half the
length of inferior, 2-jointed ; first joint stout, ovate; second joint slender, longer
than first, tapering to an acute point. Ventral plate of female brown, with
numerous gray scales and a few scattering hairs, about as long as broad, termi-
nating posteriorly in two prominent lobes, \fitb a semi-circular emarglnation
between ; ovipositor black, prominent, strongly curved."
Hah. — Seattle, Washington, March and April.
The writer has not had an opportunity of examining this and
the preceding species, but from Kincaid's descriptions they seem to
be very nearly the same. P. cinerea has been found to be a wide-
spread and rather variable species, so that it is not at all improbable
that when the field is more closely worked the identity of these two
species will be established.
Pisiychoda miniita Banks.
Psychoda mhiuta Banks, Can. Ent., XXVI, p. 331 (1894); XXXIII, p. 274
(1901).
'■ Dark, with whitish hair on thorax and gray on abdomen ; wings thinly
clothed with gray hair and a gray fringe, which at the posterior margin is about
twice as long as the width of a cell ; legs dark, with whitish hair. Antennse not
quite as long as breadth of wing, black at base of joints, and each joint in male
with a dense whorl of white appressed hair, which gives the antenuse a very
heavy and thick appearance; in the female the whorls ai'e quite loose. Wings
much broader than in the other species, and more blunt at tip. The inferior pair
of male appendages are very long, slender and gradually tapering, strongly
curved upward and nearly black, with white hair beneath, the superior pair not
half so long, tapering and diverging. Cannot make out the structure of the
female ventral plate. Length of wing 1.6 mm."
Hab.—Sesi Cliff, N. Y., and Mesilla, N. M.
Psy<'lio<la loiigif'ringa n. sp.
Body dark brown, densely clothed with light bluish-gray hair. Legs brown-
ish, with light hairs and scales. Wings rather acutely angulated at tip of the
second simple nervure; length 1.3 mm.; breadth .5 mm.; posterior fringe very
dense, one-half the breadth of wing; same color as hair on body ; anterior quite
narrow, but also very dense; hair on veins uniformly distributed ; light bluish-
gray, with scattered darker hairs; cubital bifurcation one-sixteenth the length
of wing nearer base than the radial ; about three-eighths the length of wing from
base. Autennte 13-jointed ; 1-2 short, stout ; 3-13 each with basal enlargement
and dense whorl of erect hairs; terminal spike of 13 long, without perceptible
enlargements; nodes dark, pedicles lighter; whorls light grayish, except last,
which is snow-white; pedicles 4-8 longest, one and one-half length of their
nodes. Tarsi darker than rest of leg, densely clothed with scales and hairs.
Inferior pair of male genitalia well developed, length one-half the breadth of
wing; base considerably enlarged, tapering to rather acute tip, which bears a
LEONARD HASEMAN. 319
single strong clavate tenticle ; sickle-shaped, wide apart in their median portion,
but converging at base and tip ; basis of inferior pair truncate on outer margin,
tapering toward base, slightly over one-half length of inferior appendages.
Superior pair poorly developed, hidden among the tufts of hair on abdomen.
Hah. — Lake City, Florida. Single male specimen taken in the
laboratory at the University in the middle of February, 1906.
Psycliofla unifbrniata n. sp.
Body dark brown to black, sparingly clothed with white and light blue hair,
some darker on the thorax. Legs dark brown, with closely applied, scattered
light hair and scales. Wings acutely angulated exactly at tip of second simple
nervure, evenly and well clothed with white and smoky hair; anterior fringe
smoky, darker toward base, narrow, about one-third breadth of posterior, which
is one-half the width of wing; posterior light, except for a smoky black patch
extending half-way to base of wing from tip of tenth vein ; anterior bifurcation
in middle of wing; posterior three-eighths length of wing from base. Length of
wing 1.3-1.6 mm.; breadth .45-. 55 mm. Length of antennae equal breadth of
wing, 15-jointed ; basal joint cylindrical, second spheroidal, 3-12 with basal en-
largements, separated by slender pedicles, 13 spherical ; 14 reduced, spherical ; 15
small, with terminal spike; 13-14-15 closely joined; each node with whorl of
erect hairs. Ventral plate as long as broad ; length .1 mm. ; cleft more than half-
way to l>ase ; yellowish-brown, clothed with scattered fine white bristling hairs.
Ovipositor well developed, strong, considerably curved, not acutely pointed at
tip; dark brown, lighter toward base; length one-sixth millimeter.
Hah. — Columbia, Missouri. Six female specimens taken in
laboratory by light, September 17-26, 1906.
Psychoda nocturiiala n. sp.
Head and thorax light brown ; abdomen darker, clothed with light gray hair;
tuft of darker between base of wings; tip of abdomen with long white hair. Legs
light yellow, clothed with light hairs and scales; tip of tarsi darker; tibise with
row of erect, spine-like black hairs. Wings acutely angulated at tip of median
vein; anterior fringe narrow; ^losterior one-third breadth of wing, smoky,
lighter toward base, where there is a large tuft of long hairs having a yellowish
cast; veins sparingly but uniformly clothed with smoky black hair, intermingled
here and there with patches of lighter; tip of anterior veins and vein 6 with
indistinct tufts of short black hair. Tip of veins 8 and 10 with rather distinct
tufts; radial furcation near middle of wing; one-tenth length of wing nearer
tip than cubital furcation. Length of wing 2.5 mm.; breadth .9 mm. Basal
joints of antennae stronger than remaining; first longer than broad, second glob-
ular, its diameter greater than that of first; remaining segments with strong
basal enlargements, their length about equal that of slender pedicle; nodes
sparingly clothed with whorls of light hair. Ventral plate as broad as long;
about one-seventh millimeter ; cleft almost to base; lobes widely diverging; at
base of plate on either side is a very small, yellow, downwardly projecting struc-
ture densely clothed with hair, resembling a cercus ; ventral plate yellow ; ovi-
positor same color at base, darker toward tip ; base almost as broad as plate ;
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320 AMERICAN PSYCHODID^.
almost straight ; twice as long as breadth of plate ; tapering gradually to rather
acute tip.
Hab. — Columbia, Missouri. Single female taken in laboratory
by light, September 23, 1906.
Psyclioda signala Banks.
Psychoda signata Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXXIII, p. 274 (1901).
"Head and thorax clothed with white hair, some tufts of gray at bases of
wings; antennje white, about as long as width of wing; legs whitC; last few tar-
sal joints black, and a black ring on base of the first tarsal joint of hind legs;
abdomen clothed with white hair. Wings marmorate with pale gray and black-
ish, rather thinly clothed with hair; a blackish patch near base, another rather
before the middle from costa to center of wing, one on posterior part about behind
this one, a long one along the apical costal third of wing, often interrupted by
three pale spots, and a few small patches on the apical third of hind margin ; all
these spots are blackish, irregular, and of indistinct outline. The fringe on cos-
tal margin is largely gray, but with two white patches and the apex white; on
middle of hind margin is a long white portion, the rest of the fringe is blackish ;
the fringe on the hind margin is about one-third the width of the wing. Length
of wing 2 mm."
Hab. — Washington, D. C, in May.
Psychoda alteruata Say.
Psychoda alternata Say, Williston, Entomological News, IV, p. 114 (1893) ;
Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXVI. p. 330 (1894) ; XXVII, p. 324
(1895); Kincaid, Entomological News, XII, p. 193 (1901); Banks.
Canadian Entomologist, XXXIII, p. 274 (1901) ; Eaton, Ent. Mo. Mag.,
IX, p. 123 (1898).
This is evidently a most variable and widespread species. Ps.
sexpanctata, found throughout Europe and Northern Africa, has
recently been identified as Ps. alternata Say, which has been found
to range throughout the United States, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. The writer collected quite a number by light between
August 15th and September 27th, here at Columbia. These vary
considerably among themselves, and differ in man.y respects from
Banks' description of Ps. alternata, especially in size and darker
shade. The thorax and anterior portion of abdomen varies from
light yellowish to brownish black ; the posterior portion of the
abdomen being lighter. In some specimens the patches at the tips
of the veins are brown, and the wings conspicuously marked Avith
black. The patches at the tip of veins 4 and 6 are usually bordered
within with a patch of white, and sometimes white patches are
present next to other of the apical blotches of black ; posterior
fringe almost one-half breadth of wing. The antennae are 14-
LEONARD HASEMAN. 321
jointed, as long as breadth of wing ; tlie first segment longer than
broad, second globular, 3-12 with basal enlargements and slender
pedicles; pedicle of 12 short, but not reduced so much as shown in
figure; 13 spherical, closely joined to 14, which has a terminal spike.
Ventral plate almost as broad as long, cleft over half-way to base.
Ovipositor quite strong, slightly curved, tapering gradually to rather
acute tip, one fifth millimeter long. Inferior male genitalia very
long, slender, sickle shaped, with strong clavate tenticle at tip;
basis of inferior appendages with short median terminal spike;
rounded laterally and only slightly tapering toward base; superior
male appendages 2-jointed; basal segment strong, shorter than ter-
minal one, which is slender, with acute tip, bearing short spinules.
Intromittent organ longer than terminal segment of superior append-
ages, slender, slightly curved downward. Length of wing 1.6-1.75
mm. ; breadth .6-. 7 mm.
Two specimens received from Lawrence, Kansas, one through the
kindness of Prof. F. H. Snow, from the University collection, the
other from Mr. E. S. Tucker's private collection, are much lighter
than the writer's specimens. The wings are slightly denuded, which
probably accounts for the absence of the black apical spots on the
veins. They are about the same size as the Missouri specimens.
Hab. — P"'ound throughout the United States.
Psyclioda opposala Banks.
Psychoda opposata Banks, Canadian Entomologist, XXXIII, p. 274 (1901).
"Head and thorax clotlied with pale gray hair ; antennae thick, gray, longer
than width of wing; abdomen clothed with rather short gray hair; legs brown,
none of the tarsi marked with white. Wings thickly clothed with pale gray
hair; near base is a band of black hair, heaviest behind; slightly beyond the
middle of the wing there is a black spot on the costal margin and another oppo-
site on the posterior edge, the latter rather the larger; the extreme margin
around the tip appears more or less black. The fringe is mostly pale gray or
ainmst white on the hind margin ; on the base of the costal margin it is dark
gray; that on the posterior margin is almost one-half the width of the wing.
Wings rather narrow and acute at tip. Length of wing 1.7 mm."
^a6.— Taken at AVashington, D. C, in the early part of August.
Psychoda signia Kincaid.
Psychoda sigma Kincaid, Entomological News, X, p. 31 il901).
"Female. — Body yellowish-white, clothed with cream-colored hair; wings
ovate, apex obtusely rounded, more than twice as long as broad, clothed with
cream-colored hair upon the veins, except an indistinct S-shaped band of black
across the middle ; fringe quite dense and long, cream-colored, except two patches
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322 AMEKICAN PSYCHODID^.
of black at the anterior and posterior termiuations of the S-shaped discal band ;
length of wing 2.5 mm. Legs yellowish-white, clothed with cream-colored hairs
and scales. Anteunfe longer than the width of the wing, 14-jointed, with verti-
cellate whorls of cream-colored hair upon the nodes; joints 1-2 small, closely
united; joints 3-13 globular, separated by slender pedicles; joint 14 minute.
Ventral plate yellowish, very narrow at base, broadening toward the apex, which
is px'oduced into divergent lobes; ovipositor yeHow, short, almost straight.
"Male. — Smaller than female, with the black band upon the wings less clearly
evident. Genitalia conspicuous, brown, clothed with long cream-colored hair.
Inferior appendages 3-jointed ; joint 1 stout, cylindrical ; joint 2 twice as long as
1, slender, slightly swollen at base, curving upwards ; joint 3 very slender, cylin-
drical, tapering at apex. Superior appendages not as long as the basal joint of
inferior; 2-jointed ; joint 1 stout; joint 2 tapering to an acute point."
^a6.— Olympia, Washington. Jiine 24 to July 1, 1897.
* FliEBOTOMlIS.
The genus Flebotomiis, or Phlebotomus as it has been amended by
European entomologists, unwarrantedly, according to Coquillett,
has just recently been recorded from North America. Two species
are reported from our Continent. The females of this genus have
the blood-sucking habit of the mosquitoes. The third anal vein is
wanting or hardly distinguishable from the anal furrow, and there
are two simple veins between the forked ones.
Flebotomus vexafor Coquillett.
FlebotomuK vexator Coquillett, Entomological News. XVIII, p. 102 (1907).
"'Yellow, the mesonotum brown, hairs chiefly brown; legs in certain light
appear brown, but are covered with a white tomentnm ; wings hyaline, un-
marked; the first vein terminates opposite one-fifth of the length of the first
submarginal cell; this cell is slightly over twice as long as its petiole; terminal
horny portion of male claspers slender, bearing many long hairs; the apex ter-
minated by two curved spines, which are more than one-half as long as the pre-
ceding part, and just in front of these are two similar spines, while near the mid-
dle of the length of this portion is a fifth spine similar to the others. Length
1.5 mm."
Hub. — Plummer's Island, Maryland. June 23rd to July 29th.
Type No. 10154 U. S. Nat. Mus.
Flebotomus crufialns Coquillett.
Flebotomus criiciatus Coquillett, Entomological News, XVIII, p. 102 (1907).
"Same as wa;((<or, except that the hairs are chiefly yellow, and the first submar-
ginal cell is about three times as long as its petiole. Hale unknown."
Hab. — Cacao, Trece Aguas, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. April
2nd to 26th. Both of these species were collected by Messrs. H. S.
Barber and E. A. Schwarz. Type No. 10155 U. S. Nat. Mus.
LEONARD HASEMAN. 323
TRICHOMYIA.
Members of this genus have but a single simple vein between the
forked radial sector and cubital; 15-jointed antennoc; third anal
vein not greatly reduced and with distinct ventral plate and ovipos-
itor. Kincaid's Sycorax lanceolata is clearly a Trichonnjia. In the
Kansas University collection the writer finds a new species of Tri-
chomyia, collected by Professor Snow in Arizona. Prof. F. L.
Washburn recently reported a Trichomyia from Minnesota,* but
he informs the writer that he is unable at present to locate eithei'
his specimens or authority.
Trichomyia lanceolala Kincaid.
Sycorax lanceolata Kincaid, Entomological News, X. p. 35 (1899).
''Female. — Body brown, clothed with brown hair which appears black iu some
lights. Wings extremely narrow, four times as long as broad, apex sharply
acuminate and pointed exactly at the tip of the simple nervure; anterior and
posterior bifurcations distant from the base of the wing respectively two-thirds
and one-third the wing's length ; veins unevenly clothed with brown hair, simi-
lar to that upon the body ; fringe very heavy, colored similar to the hair upon
the veins, on the posterior margin somewhat shorter; length of wing 2 mm.
Legs brown, clothed with brown liair, except on the basal joints of all the tarsi,
which are covered with white hair. Antennae short, stout, about three-fourths
as long as the width of the wing ; 15-jointed ; joint 1 cylindrical ; joint 2 globose,
larger than succeeding joints; joints 3-15 linear and sparsely clothed with brown
hair. Ventral plate elongate, broad at base and narrowed toward the apex,
which is bilobed and linearly emarginate."
Hab. — Palo Alto and Santa Cruz Mountains, Califoi'uia, and
Alraota, Washington. August 3rd to 9th.
Trichomyia unipiinclata n. sp.
Length of wing 2.5 mm.; breadth .45 mm.; anterior bifurcation 1.2 mm. from
tip; posterior furcation 1.5 ram. from tip; subcosta long, linked to costa on a
level with the apex of vein 10; vein 10 not reduced as in European Sycorar,
linked to wing margin about two-lifths the distance from base; wing long, slen-
der, narrowly rounded at tip of simple vein ; fringe broader at base, decreasing
toward tip; posterior much broader than anterior; breadth of posterior at base
of wing .75 mm. ; anterior scarcely .5 mm. ; fringes black, lighter toward base ;
tip of wing with tuft of long snow-white hairs, which, mounted in balsam, appear
banded ; veins rather densely clothed with closely applied dark, and erect, black
hairs; the latter collected in two distinct transverse bands, a broad one between
the bifurcations and a narrower one on a level with the apex of veins 3 and 6.
Antennse 15-jointed; basal segments larger than remaining; first cylindrical;
second spheroidal; 3-15 cylindrical, sparingly clothed with hair; some with con-
spicuous anuuli on their dorsal surface, making the antennse appear more than
15-jointed ; 1-2 clothed with white scales ; 3-4 sometimes with scales also ; length
» Minn. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bull. 93, p. 35.
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324 AMERICAN PSYCHODIDiE.
of aiitennse .5 ram. Thorax light yellowish ; abdomen darker, clothed with short
black aud white and long da)k hair; legs light, with closely applied white hairs
and scales aud scattered erect darker hairs; tarsi lighter than rest of leg; tip of
hind tarsi yellowish-brown. Tip of ventral plate narrow, with shallow eniaigi-
natioii and rounded lobes; ovipositor concealed in long hair of abdomen. Readily
distinguished from P. lanceolata by larger size, much broader and heavier poste-
rior fringe, white tuft of long hair at tip of wings, venation and two travsverse
black bands on wings.
Hab. — Oak Creek Canon, Afizona. Two specimens from the
collection of the Kansas University. Collected by Prof F. H.
Snow in August.
Since writing the above the writer has taken a number of speci-
mens of Ps. alternata (March), and Ps. horizontala (April). One
species of the collection received from the Kansas University, being
considerably denuded of hair, was difficult to locate, but is probably
Ps. nocturnala.
An Aquatic Psychodid from Florida.
On the 19th of December, 1905, the writer collected a few lily-
pads and a little hay with wdiich to make a culture for Perameciiwi.
After the class had completed the work on the Peramecium the cul-
ture was left standing in a large glass jar. In the latter part of
January some very large mosquito larvae and pupse were found in
the culture, and desiring to find out what species of mosquito they
were, a cover was placed on the jar and the emerging of some of the
pupse awaited. On the afternoon of February 1st the jar was again
examined and a few specimens of the mosquitoes were taken, and
along with them some very small fuzzy insects, which were at once
found to be flies. The next day on making a closer examination of
the contents of the jar a large number of pupre and full-grown
larvse were taken. On the morning of February 3rd a single batch
of eggs was found. They had been deposited the night before by
a female whose wings had become stuck to the glass cover. And
again, on the morning of the 6th, a second brood of very young
larvse was found. Then all the life histoiT material needed Avas at
hand.
In locating this peculiar little fly, which was found to be a very
easy task, so far as the family was concerned, since its superficial
characters at once disclosed it to be a moth-fly, the writer was
greatly surprised to be unable to find scarcely any literature on the
LEONARD HASEMAN. 325
life history of the North American members of tliis family. Prof.
Kellogg's account of Pericoma californica Kin. contained our pres-
ent knowledge of the life history of the North American Psychodi-
dfe. PsycJioda cinerea Banks was reare<l on manure by Kincaid,
but the younger stages were not secured. Professor Kellogg also
mentions the discovery of two pupse in a small stream in the Rocky
Mountains of Colorado, which he thinks are Psychodid pupse, but
different from the pupse of P. californica. The thoracic breathing
tubes are long, tapering and flexible, but the flat, adherent, shield-
shaped body is as in P. californica.
The life history and breeding habits of a number of the Euro-
pean Psychodids have been studied in detail. Verrall bred Ps.
humeralis Meigen from putrid snails, and Gunerthal bred the same
from larvse feeding on rotten potatoes, C. O. Waterhouse reared
Ps. albipennis Zetterstedt upon decaying turnips, and it was also
bred upon other decaying vegetable matter. The larvje of Ps.
phalcenoides Linne has been found to feed upon all sorts of decay-
ing vegetable matter. The larvse of some European Psychodids
have been found to feed upon cow-dung.
The account of the aquatic Psychodid larvso and pupse discovered
by Fritz Miiller in Brazil some twenty six years ago, and the paper
by Miall and Walker on the life history of Pericoma canescens,
together with other notes on tiie early stages of Psychodidse, are
found in the "Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895." Through the kind-
ness of the Kansas University the writer has recently had an oppor-
tunity of reviewing these papers.
Haliday has characterized the different groups of larvse of the
European Psychodids as follows :
Larva pale, terrestrial, the last segment slender, much elongated.
Psyclioda.
Larva blackish, last segment little elongated, jagged at the end and ciliated with
radiating hairs.
Larva with two double lows of lanceolate (gill-like) plates down the back.
Uloniyia.
Larva with two bands of curved hairs down the back Pericoma.
The larvse of the genera Pericoma and Ulomyia are reported as
inhabiting water, while the larvse of Psychoda are described as
terrestrial, feeding upon mushrooms and decaying potatoes. The
Florida larvse, while not terrestrial, agree in other details much
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326 AMERICAN PSYCHODID-iE.
more closely with Haliday's Psychoda than Pericoma, and the adults
certainly belong to the old genus Psychoda. The writer believes
that a more thorough study of the life histories and a careful com-
parison of the European and American material will do much
toward establishing a more perfectly satisfactory systematic classifi-
cation of this family of flies.
The aquatic Psychodid discovered by Professor Kellogg in Cali-
fornia, and described and figured by hirn in the February number
of the "Entomological News," 1901, is of the same general type as
the Brazilian forms, although it differs in many details. The larva
is broad, with eight ventral suckers. The trachial gills present in
the Brazilian larvse were not found in the California specimens.
The pupa is flat and broad shield-shape, adhering to the surface on
which it rests.
On comparing the aquatic Psychodid from Florida with Ps. cali-
fornica, the writer finds very little correspondence. It is more
nearly of the type of Miall's aquatic form. The larva is long, slen-
der and cylindrical, without the least sign of ventral sucking discs
and anal trachial gills. It is semi-aquatic, being able to remain
under water for sometime without coming to the surface to breathe.
The pupa is of the usual Tipulid-like type, being cylindrical, rather
slender and possessing long, flexible thoracic breathing tubes.
It will probably be well to include a few notes on Professor Kel-
logg's aquatic larvae and pupse before turning to the life history of
the Florida species.
The larvie were found abundant on the first of March and later
dates in the mountain streams of Santa Clara County, California.
They were present on the stones at the verge of the water, where
they were kept moist by the sprays and current. When full grown
they attain a length of 2.5 mm. and a breadtli of 1 mm. From the
figures they appear flat, but they are rather thick and the dorsal
surface quite firm. On the venti'al surface are eight median seg-
mentally arranged suckers, by which they hold firmly to the surface
of the rocks. There are no thoracic breathing tubes and openings
as described for Pericoma by Miall, but simply a pair of anal spira-
cles at the tip of the abdomen, between two strong, haired, clavate
processes. And no trace of the anal trachial gills, described by
Miiller for the Brazilian larvae, was found, though they may have
been retracted.
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The pupae were found along with the larvse, though usually a
little higher up on the rock. They are 2.5 mm. in length and 2
mm. wide at the middle; broad, shield shaped, flat and adherent.
The pair of short, clavate, prothoracic breathing tubes are cylindri-
cal, with a fine mesh-work covering. The dorsal surface is strongly
chitinized, while the flat, adherent ventral surface is not, and the
folded wings and legs lie uncovered, although protected by the dor-
sal wall. The pupae are without ventral suckers, but the adhesion
is sufficient to prevent the occasional splashes of water which strike
them from carrying them away. The pupae were found March 1st,
and the larvae were first noted at this time also. By the 5th of
April they were more abundant than the lavae, and adults were
emerging at that time.
The egg, larval and pupal stages of the Florida Psychodid are
discussed separately. The adult fly is described in the first part of
this paper as Psychoda floridica n. sp.
EGG.
The eggs are laid in irregular shaped masses, presumably on the
surface of the water, or on objects at the surface, where they are
kept moist by the water drawn up by capillary attraction, for the
young larvae were first found on the sides of the jar just above the
surface of the water. The single packet which the writer was so
fortunate as to find contained about three hundred eggs, and each of
the two packets, from which the two broods of larvae came, must also
have contained at least three hundred. About half of the eggs con-
tained in the packet were placed in a shallow vessel of water, but
none of them developed. Either they were not fertilized or their
natural place of deposition is not under water. The former is, per-
haps, the correct explanation for their failure to mature.
The egg is about a quarter of a millimeter in length, oval in
shape, and with its length equal to three times its middle diameter.
The yolk composes about half of the egg and is centrally located,
causing that part to be quite opaque, while the remainder is clear.
The wall of the egg appears to be divided up in small, circular pat-
terns. As to the time required for the eggs to hatch the writer is
unable to make a definite statement, but judging from the appear-
ance of the second brood, he would place the upper limit at seventy-
two hours, and most likely a shorter time is sufficient.
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328 AMERICAN PSYCHODIDyE.
LARVA.
The young Itirvse make their appearance on the sides of the jar
just above the surface of the water. Here they remain for some
time, feeding upon the decaying vegetable matter found in the sur-
face film. The number of moults cast was not determined, but
specimens from 2-3 mm. long were found moulting. The skin
splits open along the top of the head and thorax, after wiiich the
larva crawls bodily forward, leaving the moult behind. In one
instance under observation the moult refused to slip, and in the
struggle to free itself from it the larva severed one of the main
tracheae near the posterior end, and died within a few minutes.
About one day after the larvae hatch they become quite active,
descending into the water, where, apparently urged by an unquench-
able hunger, they scramble over and gulp in with their fang-shaped
mandibles all tliat their spacious alimentary canal will hold, after
which they return to their "airy" perch, so to speak. This opera-
tion is repeated from time to time, the older larvse spending most of
the time in the water.
There are no ventral sucking discs whatever. They stick to the
glass simply by means of a film of water and perhaps a slime-like
secretion, which continuously surrounds them and often makes it
very difficult to study the more minute details.
The anal breathing tube is somewhat similar to that of mosquito
larvse, although it is relatively much stronger. The two main
trachese run side by side and open separately at the end of the tube.
The external openings are armed with strong, lanceolate cilia,
mounted upon three small, retractile processes. The two main
trachese may be traced forward to the thoracic region, where each
will be seen to have a side branch, which terminates as a short,
black nipple on the dorsal surface of the prothoracic segment.
While these thoracic air nipples are present in the younger larvse,
they are not so pronounced as in the older. They are slightly pro-
tractile in the older larvse. The writer noticed in one living adult
larva just before pupating that these nipples had already taken on
the elongated structure of the thoracic breathing tube of the pupse,
but he has been unable to find examples of it in his preserved mate-
rial. In larvse that are " most at home " in water just deep enough
to cover their bodies, it can well be seen how these nipples can be
used to advantage in respiration, but in these larvse which have
LEONARD HASEMAN. 329
feeding habits similar to mosquito larvae, the advantage is less
apparent. While feeding near the surface the tip of the abdomen
is protruded above the water, while the head hangs down or is bent
around so as to feed on floating vegetable matter. The larvae are
never particular about keeping the nipples above water, and bub-
bles of gas are not seen to come off from them as from the anal
spiracles. If these nipples really have spiracles they are unprotected
and certainly of little importance as compared with the anal spira-
cles, but the writer thinks that, in this species, they are simply the
rudiments of the prothoracic tubes of the pupa and not used for
respiration in the larva.
After carefully examining a great number, both of living and
preserved specimens, the writer is led to conclude that there are no
true anal tracheal gills. Several were examined under the high
power of the microscope, and although a series of low papillae were
seen to surround the anal o[)ening, no tracheae were found in them,
nor were retracted gills present. In order to verify the conclusions
reached by the microscopical examination, the following experiment
was performed :
Three larvae, one very young, one half grown, and the third
almost full grown, were submerged in a vessel of water under a
small rubber ring to which a glass cover had been cemented. There
was perfect communication between their little apartment and the
surrounding water, and they were given an abundance of food.
They were placed under the cover on the morning of February 9th,
and on examining in the evening were found to be still alive, but on
the following morning were all dead. They were examined from
time to time during the experiment, and it was noted that the anal
papillae became enlarged and protruded somewhat from the body.
It is very px'obable that these papillae are more strongly developed
and possess true tracheae in some Psychodids, as described and
figured by Muller for the Brazilian form, but the traclieae are cer-
tainly absent in this species.
Concluding from this experiment and from the microscopical ex-
amination the writer is led to infer that in the larval stage of this
species respiration is carried on principally through the system of
tracheae, which have their external openings at the posterior end of
the body and possibly in the thoracic air nipples. Although the
experiment would seem to suggest that some oxygen is received
from the water, it is evident that this supply is far too inadequate
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330 AMERICAN PSYCHODIDiE.
to sustain life for any considerable length of time. While feeding
the larva usually allows the tip of the tube to extend out of the
water, and when it descends into the water it is seen to throw off
bubbles of gas and invaribly returns to the surface after a very
short time.
The segmentation is rather indistinct in living specimens, espe-
cially in very young and some of the old ones. In cleared speci-
mens the three thoracic and eight abdominal segments can be clearly
made out. The annulation is much less distinct than in Pericoma
canescens. The fifth and sixth abdominal segments each have three
distinct annuli and the seventh two. The remaining abdominal
and thoracic segments are without distinct annuli. There is no
marked break between the abdominal and thoracic regions of the
body. The body is all covered with very fine, spine-like cilia,
together with one or two long hairs on each side of the segments.
The head is dark brown in color, which makes it quite difficult to
detect the small, black pigment eye spots. The antennae appear to
consist of tufts of plates as in P. canescens. The central part of the
body is opaque, due to the presence of great quantities of food in the
alimentary canal. The anal breathing tube is usually heavily
charged with dark pigment, especially at the tip. The annuli of
• the fifth and sixth segments and the second annuli of the seventh,
together with the eighth segment, are each armed above with a
small, chitinous shield. These shields decrease in size anteriorly
and are entirely absent on the anterior segments. The adult larva
is about 8 mm. long, and varies in diameter from about .6-1.3 mm.
They are usually not so slender as the specimen figured.
PUPA.
The pup?e are found concealed in the debris at the surface of the
water, where their prothoracic breathing tubes extend above the
surface. They are relatively active, being able to move quite freely
by the lashing of the abdomen. The transformation from the adult
larva to the pupa has been found to take place within twelve hours.
The pupa, as is seen from the figures, possesses a girdle of conspicuous
spines on each abdominal segment, especially the posterior one,
together with two curved ones on the tip of the last segment, which
aid in locomotion. The eyes, antennse, wings and legs are all dis-
tinguishable on the surface. The thoracic breathing tubes are long
and flexible, with a short, much wrinkled stalk, and a wider, cylin-
LEONARD HASEMAN. 331
drical terminal portion. Beyond the stalk the tube is rough and
heavily charged with black pigment, except a narrow streak on the
dorsal surface, which is lighter and bordered on each side witii a
row of small, circular papillae. These papillae also surround the tip
of the tube and, according to Miall and AValker, are the external
openings of the trachea. As can be seen from a side view, the ante-
rior end of the pupa is much the heavier, the posterior end tapering
to rather an acute point.
The pupal period seems to vary a great deal. In two instances
the adult emerged after a pupal period of two and a half days, while
in some cases the pupa persists as such for a week. The moulting
and drying of the wings take place in a very short time. The
writer has removed all the adults from the jar, and on returning an
hour later has found a number of adults flying about in the jar.
The pupas vary somewhat in size, but average about 3.75 mm. in
length and 1 mm. in breadth.
The immature stages of the Psychodids are unfortunately too
little known. The writer has recently discovered an aquatic larva
on the rocks above a waterfall near the University, which he thinks
is a Psychodid larva, but is unable to say definitely until it matures.
He thinks that the immature stages of other Psychodids can be
obtained by means of prepared vegetable cultures and will work to
this end during the coming spring and summer.
Since this has been written Prof. V. L. Kellogg kindly informs
the writer that one of his students has just completed, for publica-
tion, the life history of one of the western species.
Acknowledgments.
The writer wishes to thank Prof. F. H. Snow and Mr. E. S.
Tucker of Kansas University for the loan of specimens; also Prof.
J. M. Stedman for helpful suggestions and kindly granting him
time for working up this paper; and various other friends who have
aided him greatly in this work.
Note. — Since this paper has been in the hands of the publishers,
the descriptions of the following four new species — Ps. quadripunc-
tata, Ps. interrupta, Ps. hasalis and Ps. apicalis, by Mr. Nathan
Banks — have appeared in the Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. viii, Nos.
3 and 4, p. 148 ; and the writer has secured a second aquatic Psy-
chodid in prepared vegetable cultures, which will be described later.
TBANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. NOVEMBEE, 1907.
332 AMERICAN PSYCHODID^.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
WiLLiSTON, S. W. — The North American Psychodidse, Ent. News,
Vol. iv, p. 113.
Banks, Nathan. — Some Psychodidoe from Long Island, N. Y.,
Can. Ent., Vol. xxvi, p. 329; Notes on Psychoda, Can,
Ent., Vol. xxvii, p. 324 ; The Eastern Species of Psy-
choda, Can. Ent., Vol. xxxiii, p. 273.
KiNCAiD, Trevor. — Psychodidie from the Pacific Coast, Ent.
News, Vol. viii, p. 143 ; The Psychodidse of the Pacific
Coast, Ent. News, Vol. x, p. 30 ; Notes on American
Pyschodidffi, Ent. News, Vol. xii, p. 193.
Kellogg, V. L. — An Aquatic Psychodid, Ent. News, Vol. xii,
p. 46.
Eaton, Rev. A. E. — Supplement to "A Synopsis of British Psy-
chodidse," Ent. Mo. Mag., Vols, vi-ix, inc. 2nd series.
Miall and Walker. — Notes on the Imature Stages of Ps. canes-
cens, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1895.
Muller, Fritz. — Notes on the Immature Stages of Brazilian
Psychodids, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1895.
Coquillett, D. W. — Discovery of Blood- sucking Psychodidse in
America, Ent. News, Vol. xviii. p. 101.
Eaton, Rev. A. E. — New Genera of European Psychodidse, Ent.
Mo. Mag., Vol. xl, p. 55.
EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
PLATE V.
Figs. 1-2. — Ps. snowii, basal and teiruinal three segments of antenna.
3-4. — P. scala, basal and terminal tliree segments of antenna.
5-6. — P. longiplata, basal and terminal three segments of antenna.
7-8. — T. unipunctata, basal and terminal three segments of antenna.
9-10. — P. trialbawhorla, basal and terminal three segments of antenna.
11-12. — Ps. horizontala, basal and terminal three segments of antenna.
13-14. — Ps. uniformata, basal three and terminal four segments of antenna.
15. — P.<t. nocturnala, basal three segments of antenna.
16-17. — Ps. alternata, basal three and terminal four segments of antenna;
terminal segments too closely joined in figure.
18-19. — Ps. lon^ifringa, basal three and terminal four segments of antenna.
20-21. — Ps. floridica, basal and terminal three segments of antenna.
22. — T. unipunctata, venation of wing magnified twenty-nine times.
NOTE.
I find that a slight error has been made in the explanation of the magnifica-
tion represented in Plates V-VIII of my paper on the Psychodidse.
The magnification which has been used is that which my original plates rep-
resented. In the preparation of the plates my original drawings have been
reduced about one-fourth, so that the figures as they appear are magnified only
three-fourths of what the explanation gives them. — Leonard Haseman.
Columbia, Mo., Jan. 9. 1908.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXXIII.
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HASEMAN ON PSYCHODID/E.
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HASEMAN ON PSYCHODID/E.
LEONARD HASEMAN. 333
PLATE VI.
Figs. 1-2. — Ps. uniformata, ventral plate and ovipositor.
•3-4. — P. trialbawhorla, ovipositor and ventral plate.
5-6. — Ps. nocturnala, ventral plate and ovipositor.
7-8. — Ps. floridica, ventral plate and ovipositor.
9-10. — Ps. alternata, ventral plate and ovipositor.
11-12. — Ps. snowii, ventral plate and ovipositor.
13-14. — P. longiplata, ventral plate and ovipositor.
15-16-17-18.- — Ps. snowii, knotted hair, much enlarged ; side view of geni-
talia showing how the basis viewed side- ways can be mistaken
for a basal segment of the inferior appendages; dorsal view
of basis; dorsal view of intromittent organ, much enlarged.
19-20-21. — Ps. horisontala, basis with spread inferior appendages ; superior
appendages; intromittent organ.
22-23. — Ps. longifringa, inferior appendages; basis.
24-25-26.^ — Ps. floridica, basis with inferior pair of appendages; intromit-
tent organ ; superior appendage.
27-28-29-30. — Ps. alternata, basis; inferior appendages; superior append-
age; intromittent organ.
PLATE VII
Psychoda floridica n. sp.
Fig. 1.— Eggs magnified 100 times.
" 2. — Dorsal view of adult larva magnified 18 times.
" 3. — ^ Ventral view of larva.
" 4-5-6 — .Three views of papa, magnified 11 times.
PLATE VIII.
Fig. 1. — Dorsal view of adult magnified 11 times.
" 2. — View of face of adult showing eyes, beak, palpi, etc., magnified 20 times.
" 3. — Lateral view of posterior end of female abdomen, magnified 20 times.
" 4. — Lateral view of anal tube showing trachea and cilia protecting spira-
cles, 100 times.
" 5. — Dorsal view of prothoracic tube showing short stalk and double row of
circular papillfe, magnified 100 times.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIIl. NOVKMBEE, 190'?
JOHN A. GROS8BECK. 335
NOTES ON CERTAIN DESCRIBED SPECIES OF
GEOMETRID^, WITH DESCRIPTIONS
OF A FEW NEW SPECIES
BY JOHN A. GROSSBECK, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
In the course of my studies on the Geometridse I have accumula-
ted a number of notes which, for the most part, are based upon
specimens in the Hulst collection at New Brunswick, N. J. These
are presented in this paper, together with descriptions of several
new species.
Racliela latipennis Hulst (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xxiii, 254, 1896).
The single male type from California is the same as Eachela occi-
dentalis Hulst (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxiii, 254, 1896). This latter
was described from Victoria, Brit. Col. (Danby), from one male and
two females. The male is smaller than the average form of occiden-
talis and the maculation is well marked. Latipennis is a large
moth and rather abraded, hence Hulst's comparison with bruceata
instead of occidentalis. The specimen is certainly unlike the male
type of occidentalis, but I have a series of intergrades both in size
and ornamentation from British Columbia that leaves absolutely no
doubt as to its correct position. Latipennis is described immedi-
ately after occidentalis on the same page and thus falls before that
name.
Rachela hyperborea Hulst (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxiii, 254, 1896).
The description of this species follows that of latipennis. The
one type in the Hulst collection from Alert Island, Alaska, is
smaller than any occidentalis I have seen and approaches bruceata
in color. It may be an extreme northern form of occidentalis rather
than a distinct species. The maculation is indistinct and otherwise
exhibits the peculiarities effected by a cold climate.
Encestia rotundata Pack. var. arizonata Grt. (Can. Ent., xv, 126, 1883).
I have a specimen from Yuma County, Arizona, received through
Professor Smith, which from the description I take to be arizonata
Grt. It is truly quite different from Packard's types of rotundata
and therefore from his description, but Packard's specimens were old
and worn and are otherwise so nearly like Grote's variety that the
latter is hardly worth more than a synonym.
TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. NOVEMBER, 1907.
336 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
iVIesoleuca (Philereme) californiata Pack. (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.,
xiii, 399, 1871).
This species was described with others by Dr. Packard in the
above publication in advance of his Monograph, and in a later vol-
ume of the same journal he gave a recognizable figure of it (xvi,
pi. 1, fig. 12, 1874). In a note preceding the descriptions he stated
merely that the species were collected in California, but the number
of specimens of californiata was not given. In the Monograph the
description was repeated, and from the localities and dates given
there were at least four specimens.
In the Hulst collection there are four specimens as californiata,
but which represent two species. Of one of these there are three
examples, one of which is marked as having been compared with
Packard's type. This, however, does not agree with either the
description or figure of californiata.
In the Packard collection there are three specimens with printed
type labels, and two bear written nanu labels in addition, one Phile-
reme californiata, the other Scotosia californiata. The latter of these
two is the species that Packard described and figured, and is the
same as the single specimen Hulst had under this name; the former
is like Hulst's "typical californiata,'" of which he had three speci-
mens. This has not been described, so is characterized below as
Hydriomena indefinata, new species.
Californiata must be transferred to Hydriomena, though the
change renders it necessary to rename it on account of its preoccu-
pation in that genus. I should prefer to refer it to Mesoleuca where
the name would not have to give way, but the distinctly flattened
antennse prevents its entrance into that genus. The name packarxl-
ata is therefore proposed for californiata.
Hydriomena indefinata u. sp.
Expanse 39-44 mm. Palpi brown, white at tip, projecting in front of head
almost as far as the distance between the eyes. Front and vertex brown, inter-
mixed with dirty white scales. AutenniB flattened, light brown at the sides,
dark brown above. Thorax even brown. Abdomen brown, the apex of segments
pale yellowish, which is preceded by two dark brown dorsal spots. Primaries
broad, with costal edge produced outwardly on basal half; outer margin slightly
waved. Color, smooth brown, slightly darker in small basal and broad median
areas, especially on anterior portion along extradiscal line of latter. Costa
marked on basal half by five small yellowish spots. Cross lines a slightly deeper
shade of brown than the ground color and very indefinite. Basal line situated
not far out on the wing, strongly outcurved to radius, then turned inward almost
JOHN A. GROSSBKCK. 337
"t right angles to costal portion of line. Externally this line is obscurely bor-
dered by a narrow creamy yellow line which on the margin forms the first of the
white costal spots. Intradiscal line not apparent. Median line vaguely indicated
on lower half of wing, forming two large outward scallops between cubitus and
anal veins, and another below this latter vein. Discal spot elongate, scarcely
discernible. Extradiscal line formed by the exterior border of the median area ;
begins on costa about one-third in from apex and extends outwardly, scalloped
between the veins to inner margin, being as a whole gently outcurved to Cu.z
then straight to inner margin. The acute angles on all the veins are marked
with a spot of pure white, and on the costa is a yellowish mark just outward of
the extradiscal line. A second extradiscal line is seen a little further out on the
wing running parallel with the first. All the veins from the first extradiscal
line to beyond the second are dotted black and creamy yellow. Subterminal
line creamy yellow, extends from costa to E4, and from there is apparent only
on the veins as spots. Terminal line almost black, slightly scalloped and marked
externally with a faint diffuse whitish dot in the angles of the individual scal-
lops and on their apices by a sharply defined white dot. Fringe concolorous with
ground color. Secondaries much paler brown than the forewings, very pale on
costo-basal area and becoming darker outwardly. Three transverse lines are
indicated on the outer third of the inner margin, from which shade lines may be
traced across the wing. Terminal line deep brown, scalloped, though less than
half as deeply as in packardafa and with white dots as on primaries. Fringe
concolorous with wing, the margin parallel with terminal line. Discal spot
brown, small, but distinct. Beneath : the forewings are evenly very pale brown
in the central portion, mixed brown and yellowish on the costal area and cream
colored on the inner area. The costal part of the extradiscal line and the dot-
ting of the veins is faintly reflected below. The hind wings are profusely pep-
pered with brown scales over a yellowish back ground ; the discal dot is small
and sharply defined, and the transverse lines are indicated by brown dashes on
the veins.
Hab. — Soda Springs, Siskiyou Co., Cal., April 30 and May 25.
Types : two males in the Hulst collection at Rutger's College.
The species differs markedly from packardata by its larger size,
by the indefinite meculation and white spots on the veins, and, in
the hind wings, by the much less scalloped terminal line, which in
packardata is dentate. The third specimen in the Hulst collection,
also from Soda Springs (August 19th), is so badly rubbed as to be
almost unrecognizable. By the date of this latter specimen two
broods are indicated.
Philereme iiigresc«»ns Hulst (Can. Ent., xxxii, 104, 1900), and Phile-
reiue formosa Hulst (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xxiii, 276, 1896).
These two species must be transferred to the genus Mesoleuca.
This disposes of the genus Philereme in North America, muliiva-
gata having already been put into Mesoleuca by Taylor, while opti-
TBANS. AM. ENT. soc. XXXIII. (43) NOV EMBEB, 1907.
338 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
mata is said by Dr. Dyar to be the same as Coryphista badiaria Hy.
Edw. and generically distinct from Philereme. In the systematic
arrangement multivagata and nigrescens may follow Mesoleuca aurata
Pack. (^ ccesiata of American authors), while formosa may fall in
after hersiliata to which it is a close ally.
Mesoleuca aurala Pack. (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xi, 51, 1866).
This name will have to be used for the American insect that at
present goes under the name ccesiata Den. and Schiff. I have seen
a large series of European specimens in the Packard collection and
there are probably forty examples of the American species in the
Museum of Natural History in New York. The position of the
transverse lines is approximately the same in each, but in ccicsiata
they are dark brown, very clearly defined, and in strong contrast to
the almost white ground color, whereas in aurata the ground color
is gray, the lines are indefinite and can scarcely be followed across
the wing in some cases, and these differences obtain throughout the
series of each species. The illustration in Packard's Monograph,
plate 8, fig. 16, represents the European species, though his descrip-
tion (1. c, p. 67) is that oi aurata. Mr. Butler in Papilio, vol. i, p.
222, says after seeing a Californian specimen that it is not the
ccesiata of Europe, the occurrence of which he doubts in America.
Whether this note of Mr. Butler's was overlooked by later writers
or whether they did not coincide with his opinion I am not in posi-
tion to say ; but at any rate he was never followed and ccesiata is
still found on our latest lists.
A reference to aurata seems to have been overlooked by Packard
in his Monograph, and not having the particular paper in which
the description appears, the reference above was kindly furnished
me by Dr. Dyar.
JVIesoleuca atrifasciata Hulst (Ent. Am. iii, 214, 18S8).
This species, originally described as a Cleora, was later referred as
a synonym of Mesoleuca truncata var. thingvallata (Ent. News, vi,
43), which variety now appears in Staudinger's latest list as an
aberration of immanata. In Dyar's Catalogue it is cited as a syno-
nym of immanata, not even varietal rank being accorded it. In the
Hulst collection a female specimen of atrifasciata stands as a Eust-
roma, where it would seem to belong as far as habits is concerned.
I have recently seen an unnamed male in the American Museum,
JOHN A. GROSSBECK.
339
N. Y., and three others in the Brooklyn Institute as Eustroma nuhi-
lata, and these show that Hulst's generic reference is correct, but it
is a very distinct species and has nothing to do with immanata.
The name atrifasciata is omitted from the index in Dyar's Catalogue
and this coupled with the fact that it does not appear as a Cleora
led Dr. Holland to conclude that the reference was overlooked
(Moth Book, p. 344).
91esoleuca etiiela Hulst (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxiii, 283, 1896).
It has been suggested that this species is a form of 3f. hersUiata
Gn. Of the many forms of this latter species that I have seen
none approached in coloration the peculiar combination displayed
in ethela. Besides the type there is another identical specimen, also
from Sierra Nevada, California, in the Edward's collection in the
American Museum. The perfectly immaculate, pale yellow sub-
basal area is singular, and there are other points which if they
prove constant in ethela will hold the species abundantly distinct
from hersUiata.
Wesoleuca abacta Hulst (Can. Ent., xxx, 117, 1898).
I believe that this will eventually fall before Hijdriomena reflafa
Grt. I have only the type of the former before me and a speci-
men of the latter, which I have identified from the description, and
while they represent respectively a light and dark form the delinea-
tions and structural characteristics are precisely alike. The species
is best referable to Hydriomena.
Hydriomena occidens Hulst.
The receipt of additional specimens of this species has convinced
me that Dr. Dyar is right in referring it as a synonym of curvilinea
Hulst.
Hydriomena grandiosa Hulst (Can. Ent., xxx, 118, 1898).
The male type at New Brunswick is the same as Mesolexica impli-
cata Gn., and Dr. Dyar tells me that the female type in the National
Museum though larger and looking rather different from implicata
is nevertheless probably that species. I think it is quite safe to say
that both names apply to the same thing. The species is almost
intermediate in structure between Hydriomena and Mesoleuca, but
is probably best referable to Hydriomena.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. NOVKMBEE, 1907.
340 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Petrophora volncer Hulst (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxiii, 293, 1896).
One female type of this very interesting species is in the Hulst
collection, and is the same as Ccenocalpe morrisata Hulst described
almost ten years earlier as a Marmopterijx (Ent. Am., ii, 190, 1887).
The specific name mormafa should be referred to Pe^rojo/iora, which
is the correct genus for the species with volucer as a synonym. I
have other specimens from Stockton, Utah (Spalding) and Doble,
California.
Petrophora spaldiiigaria n. sp.
Expanse 28 mm. Palpi, head and thorax with mixed brown and cream-colored
scales, the brown ones predominating on the head, the cream-colored ones on the
thorax. Abdomen almost uniform cream colored. Ground color of both wings
light cream colored, with brown scales scattered over the surface, rather piofusely
on the primaries, much less so on the secondaries. Primaries with costal edge
almost straight, outer edge also only slightly curved. The veins are faintly yel-
lowish, especially in the centre of the wing and in outer area and particularly
near the apex. Basal line not far out from insertion of wing into thorax, brown,
strongly but evenly outcurved. Intradiscal line brown, begins on costa over
one-third ont, runs almost straight toward center of wing to discal cell, then
twice dentate to fold through middle of cell Cu.2, and strongly bent inward to
inner margin, ending one-third the length of this margin out from base. Extra-
discal line less than one-third in from apex, twice strongly waved outwardly to
Cu.j, then far inward and outward again to inner margin, being drawn in acutely
on Cu.2 and on fold, then roundly scalloped to inner margin. Subterminal line
almost parallel with outer margin as a rather faint shade line, scalloped exter-
nally and becoming diffused internally, the second scallop from costa being dark
and appearing as a brown apical spot. Terminal line brown, broken so as to
form small spots on each side of the veins. Basal and median areas much darker,
that is, much more heavily strewn with brown scales, than the sub-basal and
outer areas. Discal spot brown, linear, fused into the extradiscal line by a deep
brown shading and followed outwardly by a rather clear space of ground color
which is bordered externally by a faint indication of a median line. Fringe
concolorous with wing. Secondaries with only a slight scattering of small brown
scales, most apparent on outer half of wing. A single brown line, broad and
diffused at the edges, crosses the center of the wing; this extends outward from
costa, where it is weakest, and runs with several waves to inner margin. Ter-
minal line as in forewings but poorly marked. Discal spot so minute as to be
almost indiscernible. Beneath : the wings are pale, the basal portion of fore-
wings dusky, and the extradiscal line as well as the transverse line of hindwings
are broad and diffused. Discal spots small, linear, distinct.
Safe.— Stockton, Utah, October 9, 1902 (Spalding).
Type. — One male in my cabinet.
Scelolophia formosa Hulst (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxiii, 301, 1896).
This is the same as Grote's Acidalia jnirpiirissata (Can. Ent., iii,
103, 1871), which was erroneously referred by Packard (Mono., p.
JOHN A. GROSSBECK. 341
336) to Acidalia (^Cosymbia) pannaria Gn. and illustrated on plate
10, fig. 53. Hulst's genus erected for this species is apparently a
good one, so the species will hereafter be known as Scelolophia pur-
pxirissata Grt. with /ormosa Hulst as a synonym.
Eois pallida Hulst (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxiii, 306, 1896).
I think, with a series of specimens, this will be found to be a
light form of Eois nimbicolor Hulst, in which the transverse lines
are somewhat more denticulate ; but until more material is available
for study it will probably be best to keep them as separate species.
Pallida was described from Texas, but there is a specimen from
Middlesex County, N. J., in the collection as nimbicolor that is pre-
cisely like it.
Eois voliicrata Hulst (Ent. Am., ii, 185, 1887).
This species, described from a single specimen, is a male of Xxjtrota
hepaticaria Gn, (Spec. Gen., Phal., i, 471, 1857), and clearly shows
the characteristics of the genus which Hulst erected for Guenee's
species.
Cyniatophora sericeata Hulst.
In the Ent. News, xviii, 149, 1 made this a synonym of Selidosema
correllatum Hulst, and in the same journal and volume, p. 295, Dr.
Dyar casts a doubt upon this conclusion on the strength of a third
type in the National Museum. Upon request, Dr. Dyar has kindly
sent me a specimen which agrees with the type at Washington, and
from this it is immediately seen that it is a distinct species and that
of the types of sericeata at New Brunswick, one which I had taken
for a much abraded example of correllatum is conspecific with it.
The other type, however, is eorrellatuvi. Sericeata by the character
of the anteunse is referable to Selidosema. S. albescens Gross, is
distinct from correllatum as Dr. Dyar now admits.
.(Ethyclera Hulst (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxiii, 339, 1896).
The type electa Hulst is a specimen of Deilinea falcataria Pack.,
and thus both the species and genus fall. Lineata Hulst (Can.
Ent., XXX, 192, 1892) listed with electa under yEthijctera is repre-
sented in the Hulst collection by a false type. Just where the true
type 0^ lineata is located and to which if any present genus it is
referable I am at this moment unable to say.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. NOVKMBEK, 1907.
342 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Tornos abjectarius Hulst (Eiit. Am., ii, 192, 1887).
This was originally described as a dark variety of Tornos ruhigi-
nosus Morr. ^= scolopacmaria Gn., but in Dyar's Catalogue it appears
as a distinct species. A rather long series of specimens shows it to
be simply the male of scolopacinaria, and indeed Guenee in his
description refers to the male as being reddish-brown, while he
speaks of the female as being yellowish-testaceous; furthermore,
rubiginosus, long since placed by Hulst himself (Ent. Am., iii, 11,
1887) as a synonym scolopacinaria appears to be abjectarius. Abbot
also figures both sexes as well as the larva on "Coreopsis [^Priymila]
auriculata or probably grandiflora," and from this Packard secured
his illustration of the larva on plate 13, fig. 3, of his Monograph.
In the text he also speaks of the variation in color of the adults, but
he does not apply the two colors to the diflferent sexes. Of my
thirty specimens fifteen are pale yellow females, thirteen are brown
males, while two males are intermediate between the extremes.
This species is apparently common in Texas, and extends north-
ward to Kansas and Missouri and eastward to Alabama and Florida.
Seliclosema delicatum Hulst (Can. Ent., xxx, 106, 1900).
This was described from a male and a supposed female. The
former is not in my possession, bus is evidently a distinct species
and being a male is probably also correctly referred to Selidosema.
The supposed female type is before me, but instead of being a female
of delicatum it is a male of Stergamatcea inornata Hulst. The
description of Stergaviatoia is from a female only, so 1 append a
generic diagnosis of the male.
Palpi abruptly upturned, closely appressed to the head and ex-
tending a little beyond the somewhat projecting front; tongue well
developed ; antennae simple, filiform ; thorax hairs, the patagia pro-
duced into tufts of fine long hairs much as in Spodolepis ; abdomen
smooth ; hind tibia slightly thickened, with two pair of spurs and a
hair pencil. Venation as in the female.
Cleora formosata Hulst (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxiii, 357, 1896).
This species was described from a single female from Colorado as a
Cleora, but on the type label Hulst wrote "Selidosema ; " neverthe-
less, perhaps, for want of a male, he retains the species in Cleora in his
portion of Dyar's Catalogue. Male specimens at hand from Stockton,
Utah (Spalding), shows it to possess no hair pencil on the posterior
tibia, so the species may now with certainty be referred to Selidosema.
JOHN A. GROSSBECK. 343
Ania brehmeata n. sp.
Expanse 30 mm. Outline precisely the same as that of limbata. Costa rounded
especially at the humerus; apex acute; outer margin with angle at M3 ; anal
angle rounded. Entire body and wings uniformly clear yellow, between lemon
and ochre-yellow in tint,; fringe darker. Three transverse light brown lines
cross the primaries taking a course almost the same as those in limbata. Intra-
discal line begins on costa one-third out from base and extends with a strong out-
ward curve to inner margin. This line is not bent at the cell and then almost
straiglit to inner margin as in limbata, but is evenly curved throughout. The
two extradiscal lines run precisely as in limbata. The inner is less strongly indi-
cated than the outer and begins a little outward of the center of the costa where
it forms a small blotch, curves strongly outward to M2, then inward to inner
margin and then slightly outcurved again at the fold. The outer line is dis-
tinctly sinuate, beginning one-third in from apex, and with a gentle outward
curve runs toward the inner line, then diverges from it, extends toward it again
and thence runs parallel with it below the fold. The discal spot is a crescentric
narrow mark, the convex side facing basally, and the two ends were they con-
tinued would meet the inner of the two extradiscal lines and would thus form
the broad oval present in limbata. The secondaries are completely cros.sed by a
central well-defined curved line, with a faint line preceding it wnich approaches
it at the first median vein, and after diverging and again approaching it runs
parallel with it to inner margin. Discal spot shaped as in the forewings and
almost forming an oval with part of the inner cross-line. Beneath it is uniform
pale, but bright yellow, and the stronger lines of the upper side are reproduced
upon it.
TIab. — Cazadero, Sonoma County, Cal., July 18th.
Type. — One female in my collection.
The species is distinguished from limbata at a glance by its much
larger size and deep yellow color.
I take pleasure in naming this beautiful Geometer after my friend
Mr. H. H. Brehme, of Newark, N. J., who has generously given
me the specimen.
Euchltena occantaria Hulst (Ent. News, i, 207, 1886).
This species was described from two females from Nevada. Rev.
George W. Taylor on a recent visit to New Brunswick called my
attention to the fact that the single type in the Hulst collection is
the same as Euchlcena mollisaria Hulst (Ent. Am., i, 206, 1886).
Mollisaria is cited in our lists as a variety of E. johnsonaria, but
Mr. Taylor in the Check List of British Columbian Lepidoptera
raises it to the rank of a species. There is nothing in the descrip-
tion of occantaria to indicate that the other type is not conspecific
with the one before me.
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JOHN B. SMITH, SC.D. 3-15
NOTES OIV THE SPECIE>« OF AMATHES Hbn.
BY JOHN B. SMITH, SC.D.
(Plates IX-X.)
Under the term Orthosia Ochs. we have long had in our lists a
number of species which divided normally into two groups or series.
One of these was rol)ust, large, heavily built, with quadrate thorax
like helva Grt. The other was much slighter, smaller, with smoother,
convex thorax like fer rug ijioides Gn. That these could not remain
united has been recognized ; but partly because of lack of material
and partly because there was doubt as to the identity of some spe-
cies, n)atters have been left as they were. In his vol. vi, Sir George
F. Hampson unites the slighter species of our "OriAosm" with the
genus Amathes Hbn., and makes it possible to identity and place all
our species.
As thus defined Amathes Hbn. has the "Proboscis fully devel-
oped ; palpi obliquely porrect, fringed with long hair in front, the
3rd joint short ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennae of male
typically ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair only ; the
tegulae produced to a dorsal ridge, the pro- and metathorax with-
out distinct crests; abdomen dorsally flattened, with lateral tufts of
hair and some rough hair at base but without crests. Forewings
with the termen evenly curved." The eyes are naked and the legs
are without spinulation or other armature save the normal spurs.
As a minor character it may be noted that in all the species the
reniform is dusky filled inferiorly.
Within this genus are three sections, two of which contain Ameri-
can species: Section II with antennae of male minutely serrate, with
fasciculate cilia, and Section III with male antennae ciliate only.
Section I contains no recognized North American species.
Section II contains two species only, both belonging in the series
in which the antemedial or t. a. line of primaries is single, and the
costal area of the secondaries is pale. Verberaia is said to have the
"frons black at sides," while bicolorago is one of those having the
" frons concolorous at sides."
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846 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Section III contains all the rest of our species, and the table,
modified to contain only tliose forms, reads as follows:
C. Hind wing fuscous, with the, veins reddish imiiiaculalH.
D. Hiud wings giayisii, more or less tinged with fuscous, and with diffused dark
snbterniinal band.
a. Forewing witii a black bar from costa at subterminal line-- -piirpin'ca.
b. Forewing without black bar from costa at subterminal line.
al. Forewing with the orbicular figure — of — 8-shaped aniei'icana.
bl. Forewing with the orbicular quadrate, open above pnta.
E. Hind wings yellowisli-white.
a. Forewing with series of small black spots on inner side of subterminal
line ralla.
b. Forewing without series of small black spots on inner side of subterminal
line.
al. Forewing with the markings dark brown iuops.
61. Forewing with the markings pale rufous decipiens.
Of these species immaculata Morr. and amerieana Morr. are
autoptically unknown to Sir George. The type of amerieana is in
the Tepper collection, and is a poor example of the European lota;
the type oi' immaculata has disappeared. It should be in the collec-
tion at Cambridge according to the statement in Morrison's descrip-
tion ; but it is not now to be found, and there is no record of what
has become of it. The description leaves a doubt as to whether the
species really belongs here.
In arranging the material in my collection it became obvious that
there were several new forms involved, and these were characterized
as preliminary to a more careful study of some of the structural
characters of the series.
On both structure and maculation three series are obvious in the
genus, and they are not even closely related, although for conven-
ience they may be held together for the present under one generic
name.
The first series is the equivalent of Hampson's Section II, with
the male antennse minutely serrate and fasciculate. This serration
is variable in the species, never very strongly marked, and the fas-
ciculation is as diverse, leaving a very small margin between the
series I, and some forms of series II. However, in addition to this
antennal character, all the species have trigonate primaries with
arched costa, distinct ai)ices and obliquely arcuate primaries on
which the s. t. line is continuous and preceded by a darker shading ;
characters which are obvious in both sexes.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D. 347
The males of all the species further agree in genitalic structure.
The supra-anal plate is of the usual triangular form, and the uncus
is a long, simple curved hook of the usual type. The harpes are
elongate, of moderate width, and drawn to a rather long point.
Along the upper margin they are thickened, and at or behind the
middle the corneous clasper is attached. This clasper is rather
short, stout, and divided into two forks or branches of which the
interior is somewhat hood-like, with a serrate extremity, while the
exterior, lying next to the harpes, is more or less spatulate, drawn
out and flattened. Within the limits of this series the agreement is
close and the species form a thoroughly natui'al little group.
Verberata Smith is the darkest, and, in a way, the best marked
species. The ground color is a sordid luteous, more or less tinged
with reddish, mottled and blotched with smoky, and with a very
conspicuous, angulated median shade. The dull smoky secondaries
with broad costal and narrow exterior yellow margins are alike in
both sexes. The black color at sides of front noted Ijy Sir George
Hampson is really only a small margin in front of the eyes ; but it
is present and is characteristic.
Bicolorago Guenee, with its more usual form ferruginoides Gn.,
has a much lighter, more rusty yellowish ground color, the wings
seeming altogether more thinly scaled. The maculation is all
broken up and the shadings are purplish. The tendency is to
darken the entire outer half of the wing; the extreme is this direc-
tion being the typical though rather more exceptional bicolorago,
while the more common type in which the shadings are reduced to
the broken up lines is ferruginoides. The median shade is rarely
conspicuous in itself, and is not strongly angulated over the inferior
half of the reniform. The secondaries are very like those of verbe-
rata, except that they seem more thinly scaled and the light color is
paler, more reddish throughout. This is, perhaps, the most common
and widely distributed species of the genus.
Decipiens Grote looks like a large, washed out ferruginoides with
yellow secondaries. The primaries are without contrasts of any
kind, and the maculation is traceable merely.
Acta Smith is a bright species, in which the secondaries are uni-
formly bright lustrous yellow, almost transparent. The primaries
are a little darker in ground color and are marked and mottled with
brick-red ; sometimes approaching the appearance of ferruginoides.
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348 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
All the iiKirkings are distinct, and the median shade, which tends
to become prominent, is very much like that of verberata in course.
Straminea Smith is a small species, straw- yellow in appearance,
with all the maculation present but not conspicuous. The s. t. space
is somewhat darkened by a smoky shading and the reniform is dusky
interiorly, as usual. The secondaries, while they are pale, are dull,
with a smoky tinge, and there is a darker outer border.
The second series, with the antennse of the male ciliate only, is
the equivalent of Hampson's Section III ; but this contains two
series more widely distinct than the difference between the series
distinguished on the autenual character alone.
Superficially all of these species, except inops, differ from all the
preceding in that they have a punctiform s. t. line; and in gen-
eral that line is preceded on the costa by a distinctly darker patch
filling the s. t. space at that point. But that is a somewhat variable
character, and while in the series it stands out conspicuously in each
species, yet individuals occur in all of them in which the point is
obscured.
A series of three species, antapica, purpurea and Jorniea have the
primaries somewhat elongate, with acute apices, even or slightly
depressed costa and the outer margin a little excised below the apex.
There is a tendency to the darkening of the s. t. space, and the ter-
minal space is concolorous or even a trifle paler.
The sexual characters of the male agree remarkably in the form
of harpes and clasper. Only in purpurea were the supra-anal plate
and uncus examined, and in that species the latter is broad and flat-
tened, altogether unlike the slender hook of the species in the pre-
ceding series. The harpes in all the species are narrow, elongate,
drawn out to a long point ; not so markedly unlike the bicolorago
type, but even narrower with a longer point. The superior margin
of the harpes is thickened at base and to the middle, and then the
chitinous thickening extends obliquely across to the inferior margin
and may extend almost or quite to the tip. From the oblique
thickening and almost at the middle of the part a rather stout,
moderately long, curved hook arises, which becomes more slender
toward the tip, but ends bluntly. Only in antapica does this hook
seem to be absent; but 1 believe that to be due to defective material
rather than to a real divergence from its allies. Toward the apex
and a little nearer the inferior margin is a chitinous, short, stout.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D. 349
slightly curved or straight tooth, claw or hook, characteristic for
each species, and this is on the line of the oblique chitinous ridge
already described.
Antapica Smith is a large, rough, powdery brown species; dull
throughout and with smoky, dark secondaries; the costal region
paler, however. All the niacuJatiou is distinct in this species, the
median shade is strongly angulated and distinct, and in almost every
case the costal dark patch in the s. t. space is well defined. The
excision below apex of primaries is not prominent, nor is that on the
secondaries very strongly marked ; but the former is at least readily
made out and the latter is obvious. The dark filled reniform is
unusually conspicuous in this species.
Purpurea Grote varies from reddish brown, often with a smoky
suffusion to creamy luteous; the latter being the variety cmjoa of
Harvey. This is the largest of the species and the wing form is
most characteristic. The depression of the costal margin of prima-
ries is evident, the apex is almost subfalcate in some examples, and
the excision on the outer margin of secondaries is well marked.
The surface tint is quite even whatever its color, and while all the
markings are present they are not conspicuous. In dark specimens
the lines are paler filled, and the veins through the outer part of the
wing are pale marked. The s. t. line is pale, continuous, accom-
panied by a series of black interspaceal dots. In dark examples the
pale line is conspicuous and the dots are lost, while in pale individ-
uals the line is scarcely noticeable and only the dots appear to rep-
resent it. The secondaries are dusky, the costal margin somewhat
paler, and they vary in tint much as do the primaries.
Fornica Smith is a decidedly smaller species tending to brick red
in color, in which the characteristic wing form is hardly obvious,
while the agreement in maculation and in essential structure is well
marked. The markings are all present but not prominent; and the
most conspicuous feature is the dark mark on the costa preceding
the s. t. line. The secondaries are pale, transparent reddish, with a
smoky clouding, which forms an outer band and discal spot. The
s. t. line consists of a series of neat, small, interspaceal dots, without
traces of an accompanying line.
The remainder of the species, excluding inops, differ from all the
preceding species by having the uncus in the male furcate, or divi-
ded into two divaricate prongs. These prongs are as long as the
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350 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
single hook of the bicolorago series, and the structure is constant
and not confined to this series of species only. The species as a
whole are slighter bodied than those of the preceding series; but the
differences are so slight that it is difficult to draw the line. The
costa of primaries is always arched, and generally the inner margin
as well ; but aggressa, in wing form, is very like antapica, except
that on the secondaries there is a mere trace of the subapical exci-
sion. The harpes of the males vary quite a little ; that of aggressa
resembling the preceding series quite nearly, while that of r alia has
a series of spinules on the inner side of the tip. All the species
agree in having as clasper a long, slender or moderate curved hook.
Aggressa Smith is the palest of the species, and in wing form
most like those of the previous series. In fact, taking only the first,
superficial impression as controlling, its reference as an ally of pur-
purea is the most natural. It is the palest in color of all the spe-
cies, and in the terminal space in some examples there is a distinct
wash of whitish. The median shade is especially well marked and
is nearer to a real band than in any other of the species. The sec-
ondaries are dirty gray or even whitish, and, altogether, this is a
well defined form. The harpes of the male are drawn to a blunt
point from the inferior margin, and there is no spinulation at tip,
though there are isolated long bristles at the margin. The clasper
is moderate in length, stout, well curved, with a blunt tip.
Earoa Grote is a distinctly redder gray to brownish form, with
shorter primaries, which have in the male always, and in the female
usually, arched costal and inner margins. In some of the females
the reddish gray predominates, all the maculation is well written,
and the appearance is very like that of the preceding species, save
for the tendency to a dark terminal space and the reddish shade. In
the males this narrow winged paler form does not appear to occur,
and there is no difficulty in recognizing it. The secondaries are
dirty whitish to smoky, with a pinkish or faint reddish tinge. In
the male the harpes are shorter and broader than in its allies, the
tip more obtuse and the margins set with longer, stiff bristles. The
clasper is very long, more slender than in any other species, and
well curved.
Duscata Smith looks at first sight like a smaller, darker euroa, in
which there is a tendency to a blackish shading; and with males of
euroa only at hand for superficial comparison, that conclusion would
JOHN B. SMITH, 8C. D. 351
be justified. But with a series of both sexes for comparison, the
difference between the two species becomes obvious. Duscata is
uniformly smaller, more brown in ground, and more suffused with
blackish. The primaries are shorter, broader, and similar in the
sexes; the outer margin with not a trace of an. incurve below the
apex. In the primary characters of the male the difference is
emphasized. The harpes ai'e much longer and narrower than in
euroa, and at the tip there is a small series of spinules directed
inwardly. The clasper is shorter and stouter than in euroa, but yet
of good length and moderately curved.
Ralla Grote and Robinson differs from the others of this series in
its rusty yellow color and general resemblance to ferrtLginoides. The
shorter, broader primaries and the punctiform s. t. line will differen-
tiate it at once, however, when the male characters cannot be referred
to. The uniform yellow secondaries give it a nearer appearance to
acta, which is of another faunal region. In the male structures this
species departs a little from the other species in this series by the
oblique fringe of spinules at the tip of the moderately elongate
harpes. The clasper is the same curved hook, but shorter, and on
the whole stouter in appearance.
Inops Grote is altogether out of place here; but ray material is
too scant to work out its affinities at present. It resembles a small
ralla in color and wing form, but has the s. t. line continuous, pre-
ceded by a dusky shading, much more even than in the first series.
In the genitalia of the male it is different in all points from the
other species referred here. As to the uncus I cannot speak, because
I have had no material of my own available for dissection. In the
harpes we have a composite structure, the clasper being not really
separated from it. A horny plate runs through the lower half of
the harpes from basal third to the inferior angle at tip, and there
it is produced into an irregular serrate process. At about the
middle of this plate there is a small, cylindrical, obtusely terminated
spur.
There are at least two other allied, undescribed species in collec-
tions, but in single specimens and in no condition to form satisfac-
tory types.
As to the species here noted they may be arranged in tabular
form as follows :
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352 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Antennse of male serrate and bristle tufted.
Secondaries smoky or dusky in both sexes.
Front black at sides ; primaries luteous to reddisli ; median sbade distinctly
angulated; transverse maculation well written verberata.
Front concolorous at sides; primaries rusty yellowish, very powdery ; me-
dian sbade upright; transverse markings broken bicolorago.
Secondaries yellow or pale in both sexes.
All the maculation obscure; yellowish-red; median shade not conspicuous;
size large decipiens.
All the maculation distinct, well written ; yellowish, with brick-red powder-
ings; median shade conspicuous; size moderate acta.
All maculation traceable only ; color straw-yellow ; size small.
straniinea.
Antennse of male ciliate only.
Costa of primaries a little depressed at or beyond the middle; apex distinct,
outer margin a little excised beneath it; inner margin straight or
nearly so; the wing elongate.
Ground color of primaries rough, powdery; median shade conspicuous.
Luteous to rusty brown ; secondaries smoky brown ; size larger.
antapica.
Ground color of primaries even, not powdery ; median shade not conspicuous.
Creamy to dark gray-brown ; secondaries dusky; excision below apes in
both wings well marked purpurea.
Reddish to red-brown ; secondaries pale, with a glistening reddish tinge;
excision below apex in both wings feebly marked fornica.
Costa and usually the inner margin of primaries arched ; outer margin not ex-
cised below apex.
S. t. lin. )unctiform.
Gray, brown or red, with dusky powderings and washes.
Pale, creamy gray, with smoky markings; primaries in both sexes nar-
row aggressa.
Brown-red, less powdery ; primaries narrower in the female. . -euroa.
Smaller, darker, more powdery ; primaries more obtuse in both sexes.
duscata.
Eusty yellowish, with purplish powderings; maculation broken- -ralla.
S. t. line continuous.
Rusty yellowish, rather even in tint; the maculation inconspicuous.
inops.
Amatlies verberata Smith.
1904. Smith, Can. Ent., xxxvi, 153. Orthosia.
1905. Dod, Can. Ent., xxxvii, 246, Orthosia.
1906. Hamps., Cat. Phal. B. M., Noct., vi, 480, pi. 107, f. 1, Amathes.
The types were received from Mr. Dod, labelled " Head of Pine
Creek, Calgary, Alberta," at various dates after the middle of Sep-
tember. Late'', Mr. Dod records the capture of the species in June,
from the same locality. Hampsou adds Gleuwood Springs, Colo-
rado, to the distribution, and I now have specimens in my collection
JOHN B. SMITH, SC. 1). 353
from Kaslo, British Columbia, taken by Dr. Dyar ; Victoria, Van-
couver, September 9th, and Miniota, Manitoba, September 1st.
There are only single examples from each locality, indicating that
it is not exactly common ; but they are all very much alike, indica-
ting that there is no very great range in variation. There are
several examples from Kaslo in the collection of tl)e United States
National Museum.
So far as examination has been made, the sexual tuftiugs of the
male correspond closely with those described for bicolorago ; but
material for destructive study has not been available.
Amathes bicolorago Guenee.
1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., i, 397, XantUa.
1874. Git., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., iii, 124, \a,r. ferruginoides.
1875. Morr., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1875. 66 = f err uginoides.
189.3. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 218, Orthosia.
1898. Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv, 324, larva on maple.
1903. Holl., Moth Book, 217, pi. 26, f. 29, Orlhosia.
1906. Hanips , Cat. Phal. B. M., Noct,, vi, 481. pi. 107, f. 2, Amaihe.s.
spurcata Wlk.
1857. Wik., Cat. Brit. Mus. Het., xi, 749, Xanthia.
1868. G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iii, 78, pr. syn.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus.. 218, Orthosia.
1906. Hanips., Cat. Phal. B. M., Noct., vi, 481, pr. syn. f »
var. ferruginoides Guenee.
1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., i, 398, Xanthia ferniginea var.
1868. Bethune, Can. Ent., i, 47 (49), Xanthia.
1874. Grt., Bull. But!'. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 124, Orthosia.
1875. Morr., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1875, 66, Xanthia.
1875. Speyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxvi, 119, Orthosia.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 218, an var. prec.
1906. Hamps., Cat. Phal. B. M., Noct., vi, 482, Amathes.
bicolorago X Walker.
1856. Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., x, 464, Xanthia.
1868. G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iii, 78, pr. syn.
In this species I have under examination a very interesting serie
of considerably over 200 examples. Besides my own collection,
there are more than 70 examples from the U. S. National Museum,
which are particularly useful because of the range of localities and
because there is a series of seven bred specimens; there is also a
series of about a dozen examples from the Museum of the Brooklyn
Institute, showing extremes of variation ; Mr. 0. Buchholz has sent
me a large number of examples, spread and unspread from Mani-
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354 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA,
toba, which illustrate local range, and with the smaller contributions
I have an excellent basis for a study of the species.
First of all, it should be said that the structure of the male geni-
talia is practically identical throughout. I have examined speci-
mens of each type and from almost every locality, and a series of
dry specimens from Cohasset, Mass., furnished a large lot of mate-
rial which was softened in liquor potassa and from which the genital
structures were then dissected out entire. In the corneous parts,
clasper and uncus, there is absolutely no perceptible variation ; in
the harpes, or side pieces which are less chitinized, there occurs a
very slight variation in details of outline ; but so slight as to be
unnoticeable, except on close comparison. The abdominal brush is
also identical throughout.
In locality the specimens range from Maine to Texas, to the
Mississippi Valley to South Dakota and to Manitoba. I have noth-
ing from the Rocky Mountain region nor from the Pacific Coast.
As to dates of capture, they begin in early September, extend
through October, and a few examples are marked as taken in May,
indicating a form that hibernates in the adult stage.
The range of size is unusual for a Noctuid : the smallest example
expands 1.10 inches and is a % ; the largest expands 1.50 inches
and is a 2 » the largest c? reaching almost as much, or 1.48 inches.
In ground color the primaries may be anything from a pale lute-
ous to coppery red-brown, and the secondaries range from uniform
glistening reddish-yellow to black. Usually the primaries are more
or less powdered with black scales; but sometimes they are almost
uniform reddish brown, the other extreme coming in when all
beyond the median line is black or blackish, making a typical
bicolorago. In what may be considered the normal form of ferru-
ginoides, the primaries are of a tolerably even rusty luteous, with
blackish or darker brown powderings, which first become more
noticeable over the median shade, making that broader and more
dififuse, and then darken the s. t. space to the s. t. line which is
thereby relieved and made more prominent. The terminal space is
usually not quite so dark as the sub terminal. As a rule the dark
secondaries go with the dark primaries, and all the bicolorago that
I have seen have the hind wings black. As the primaries become
paler the secondaries follow, and a mottled forewing means, usually,
a hindwino; in which the disc is blackish. In the bred series from
JOHN B. SMITH, SC.D. 355
the U. S. National IMuseum the primaries are iu most cases quite
uniform, but rather unusually intense brown, and the secondaries are
blackish ; but the palest specimen is paler throughout, and the only
mottled example has the secondaries also mottled. I have attempted
to determine whether locality had anything to do with the amount
of mottling; but this seems not to be the case. Series caught at
one time in one place are apt to be very similar; this is proved by
the series from Manitoba, and by the material from Cohasset; but
in the U. S. National Museum collection there are 28 examples from
one general region in New York State, and the full range of
variation is represented in this lot. Thirteen of these examples
are from Mr. David Bruce, and while most of them are dark or
strongly mottled forms, the more uniform red-brown forms are also
represented.
Altogether this is an excellent example of a decidedly variable
species, with two well-marked forms connected by a full series of
intergrades. Typical hicolorago is rare; forms nearly immaculate
are also rare ; the mottled form in which there is a more or less
diffuse median shade and a dusky subterminal space is by all odds
the most common.
The large series of dry specimens from Cohasset, to which refer-
ence has been made, gave an excellent opportunity for studying the
structure of the hair pencil which is attached to the base of the
abdomen in the male. The first abdominal segment is dorsal onlv,
and ends at the lateral line of the body where the front margin of
the ventral portion of the second abdominal segment joins the tho-
racic structure. Attached just at the extreme outer edge of this
second segment, where it joins the dorsal portion of the first seg-
ment is a long strip of chitin, broadening toward the lateral margin
and from there produced into a long curved stalk, at the end of
which is a round concavo convex disc-like structure. The curva-
ture of this stalk is such that when at rest it lies close along the
edge of the first segment. The under or concave side of this disc is
set with pittings, and from the margins of these pittings comes a
dense mass of very long fine hair, forming a slender pencil, almost
half the length of the abdomen. This pencil normally fits into a
membraneous pocket which is attached on the inner wall of the
abdomen, reaching to the end of the fourth segment. The opening
to this pocket is on the lateral line of the second and third segments,
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356 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
that part of the pocket that lies inside the fourth segment having
no opening to the face of the ring. This part is also somewhat
curved and a little enlarged, to receive the folded up tip of the pen-
cil. On the second abdominal segment, just above the edge of the
slit opening into the pocket, is an elongate flap bordering a depres-
sion in which a portion of this pencil lies folded up, and acting as a
cover and protector to it. That part of the pencil beneath this flap
is quite apt to be darker in color than the rest of it.
Covering the sensor}' disc, the pedicel and the base of the pencil,
is a delicate, elastic membrane, attached for the greatest part to the
first abdominal segment and serving as a complete covering to the
structure while it lies at rest.
The species is sometimes common locally, and the larva, accord-
ing to Dr. Dyar, feeds on maple.
Ainatlie!^ decipiens Grote.
1881. Grt., Bull. U. S. Geo). Surv., vi, 269, Orthosia.
1906. Hamps., Cat. Plial. B. M., Noct., vi, 491, pi. 107, f. 10, AmaOies.
Mr. Grote's type was a female from Northern Indiana, taken in
June, and that is the only example now in the British Museum.
Hampson was therefore compelled to place the species in the section
in which the male had the antennse ciliate onl}^ by guess. The
occurrence of a good male shows a close ally of hicolorago, and,
indeed, Mr. Grote's comparison with that species or its variety /er-
ruginoides, is justified throughout.
A specimen in my own collection is from Elizabeth, New Jersey,
taken October 19th, by Mr. S. T. Kemp. I have seen, altogether,
only four examples of this species, so it can scarcely be considered
common in a territory which is fairly well collected over.
Amathes acta Smitb.
1907. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxxiii, 133, Orthosia.
My examples are from Corvalis, Oregon, September to Novem-
ber; Livingston and Corfield, Vancouver, in September; and Pull-
man, Washington, in October. The species is therefore of the
Northern Pacific Coast area, and will probably occur throughout
that general region. The species varies a little in depth of color,
and it is not improbable that examples of it are in collections as
pale forms of ferruginoides. Examples are in at least two other
collections that I have seen.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D, 357
Ainatlies straminea Smith.
1907. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxxiii, 132, Orthosia.
The original description and the preceding notes tell practically
all that I know of this species. I have only two males, both from
Colorado ; the type, a fairly good example from Glen wood Springs,
in October ; the other a decidedly rubbed specimen without date or
other information. I am not aware that I have seen others in col-
lections that I have recently looked over.
Aniatlies anfapica Smith.
1907. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxxiii, 134, Orthosia.
This is a very distinct and characteristic species, probably not
uncommon and with a considerable range of variation. I have it
from Corvallis, Oregon; Pullman, Washington; and Corfield, Van-
couver ; the dates ranging from the end of September to the middle
of November. It is an ally of the crispa form of piirptirea ; but
altogether a rougher more coarsely powdery species. The range of
distribution is like that of acta, and the difference between the punc-
tiform s. t. line of this species as compared to the continuous line of
acta is almost like that obtaining in the east between ferruginoides
and valla.
Aniatlies purpurea Grote.
1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Xat. Sci., ii, 125, Orthosia.
1898. Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv, 323, larva.
1904. Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, 873, larva.
1906. Hamps., Cat. Phal. B. M., Xoct., vi, 489, pi. 107, f. 6, Amaihes.
var. crispa Harv.
1875. Harv., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 276, Orthosia.
1881. Butler, Papilio, i, 169, Orthosia.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mas., 217, pr. var.
1906. Hamps., Cat. Phal. B. M., Noct., vi, 489, ab. prec.
The base of my knowledge of this species is a nice series of speci-
mens in the collection of the U. S. National Museum, in which both
the purpurea and crispa forms are represented. The range of vari-
ation is considerable, and greater than is indicated in the original
types of the species ; but I believe Sir George Hampson has ex-
tended it to include the species that I have separated off as antapica.
In the catalogue above cited, the localities Vancouver and Oregon
almost undoubtedly apply to antapica, while the California localities
only are really applicable to purpurea and are from the type exam-
ples. I have no doubt whatever of the distinctness of the two spe-
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358 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
cies that I have separated here, and from the material known to me
and from the general run of geographical distribution I doubt
whether the tvue purpurea or crispa occur in the Vancouver faunal
area and that antajnca runs down to Sauzalito.
A comparison of the figures of the $ genitalia will show at once
sufl^cient differences not due to variability, to enhance tlie superficial
characters referred to. Not only are the harpes materially diflf'erent
in outline ; but the form of the small accessory clasper is altogether
different in the two species.
Dr. Dyar has bred this species and has described the larva from
Alameda Co., California, as feeding on hollyhock and plantain.
Except this, only the type localities are known and the dates are
October and November.
Amathes foriiica Smith.
1907. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxxiii, 134, Orthosia.
I have only a single example of this species. Fortunately it is a
male and in good condition, so that its relationships are apparent.
It is tagged with the old " S. Cal." locality label, and I have abso-
lutely no present guide as to its original source. It has evidently
been respread since I had it, and if it ever had any distinctive label
it has disappeared. In appearance and color it is much closer to
antapica than to purptirea, but is smaller, smoother and more neatly
marked. In genital structure the relation to antapica is equally
clear and the difference is rather in details than in character. I do
not consider it beyond the bounds of probability that this is a
dwarfed aberrant antapica with an erroneous locality ; but I do not
believe it to be so.
Aniathes aggressa Smith.
1907. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxxiii, 135, Orthosia.
This looks not unlike a faded eurora and is probably in collec-
tions under that name. I have it from Cartwright, Manitoba, with-
out date, taken by Mr. Heath ; from Chimney Gulch near Denver,
Colorado, in July, taken by Mr. Oslar, and from Clear Creek Canon,
Colorado, in August, through Dr. Barnes. The wing form is almost
elongate enough to justify association with purpiirea ; but the fascies
which is so easily recognized and so difficult to describe suggests
euroa even more strongly, and that is borne out by the genital
structure, which has been already described.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D.
359
A mat lies eiiroa G. and R.
1873. G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv, 431. XaniUa.
1893. Sniitli, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 218, Orthopia.
puta II G. and R.
1868. G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 347, pi. 7, f. 50, Xanthia.
1873.- G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv, 431, n. b. 1.
1900. Hamps., Cat Plial. B. M., Noet., vi, 490, pi. 107, f. 7, Amathes.
Hampson uses the term puta for this species, and does not recog-
nsze tlie change made by Grote and Robinson because their term
first proposed was pre-occupied. If puta was actually a nomen bis
ledum in Xanthia when proposed, irrespective of whether it was
actually congeneric with the pre-existing puta, the authors had a
right to change the specific name, and having properly done so they
must be followed, even though the tvfo puta prove later to be gener-
ically separable.
In"^ the series before me there is a curious dimorphism in the
females; some of them have the wing form of the male and resem-
ble it closely in maculation ; others differ in having the primaries
distinctly longer and much more definitely marked, the median
shade especially being very well defined and obviously angulated.
It really looks very much like aggressa. I have never seen a male
of this form and it seems locally so uniformly associated with the
normal male of euroa that I can scarcely believe it distinct. The
character used by Hampson in his table, i. e., the quadrate orbicu-
lar open to the costa is not constant, a closed oval being about as
frequently present as the open quadrate form. I have had the
specimens from Mrs. C. H. Fernald's collection, from the collection
of the U. S. Nat. Mus., from the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute,
and have examined those in the Amer. Mus. of Natural History.
Localities are St. Catherines, Ontario; Kittery Point and Orono,
Maine ; Bufl'alo, Centre and Sharon, New York. Dates range from
the middle of August to the middle of September.
Other recorded localities cover the eastern United States west to
the Mississippi and southwest to the District of Columbia. Colo-
rada is also included, but that may be based on what I have sepa-
rated as aggressa; and Calgary, Alberta, given by Hampson, almost
certainly refers to my duscata. Though so widely distributed, I
have never known the species to be common, and it is distinctly
northern in range, more examples in collections coming from
"Maine" than from any other one locality.
The sexual characteristics are elsewhere described.
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360 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
AiiiatheM diiscata Smith.
1907. Smith, Ann. X. Y. Ac. Sci., p. — , Orfhosia.
I have quite a series of specimens from various localities in Mani-
toba— Brandon, Miniota, Winnipeg, Cartwright — and there are
many more in other collections under the name euroa. For the
latter determination I am responsible in most cases, because until I
had sufficient material to compare series, I believed this form to be
at most a local race.
Dates of capture are June, August, September and October, and
a question remains whether the adult hibernates as is usual in this
genus, or whether there are two broods as indicated by the months
given. The period of flight is unusual for a member of this genus.
The genital structure has been sufficiently described elsewhere,
and the points in which the species differs from its allies have been
brought out.
Ainathes ralla Grote and Eobinson.
1S68. G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 346, pi. 7, f. 49, Xanfhia.
1874. Morr., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1874, 66 ^ ferrughioides.
1875. Morr., Can. Ent., vii, 78 =^ ferrwiinoides.
1875. Lint., Can. Ent., vii, 78, an bona species.
1893. Smith. Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 217, Orlhosia.
1906. Hamp., Cat. Phal. B. M. Noct., vi, 490, pi. 107, f. 8, Amnihes.
Differs obviously from all the other species in the series in the
rusty yellow colors of thorax and primaries which gives it that
casual resemblance to femiginoides that led Mr. Morrison and some
others to claim that it was merely a varietal form.
The characters of maculation, color and male genital structure
have been already set out, and in the series before me there is very
little variation.
General localities are the eastern and IVIiddle United States; my
own examples are from Claremont, N. H., September 2d ; Cohasset,
Mass., August loth (Bryant); "New York;" New Brighton, Pa.,
September 1st (Merrick); Cranberry, North Carolina, in August;
the latter example from either Laurent or Wenzel.
Ortho!<»ia iiiops Grt.
1881. Grt., Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., vi, 270, Orthosia.
1906. Hamp., Cat. Phal. B. M. Noct., vi, 490. pi. 107. f. 9, Amathes.
This the most local of all the species known to me, all the exam-
ples that I have seen having been taken by Dr. R. Thaxter at
Kittery Point, Maine, in September. One example to a collection
seems to be the rule, except at Cambridge, where there are several
in the Thaxter material.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D. 861
Unfortunately I have not had a male specimen of my own for
dissection ; such studies as I have been able to make show a genita-
lic structure utterly out of line with any other species in the genus.
There are in collections a number of examples allied to mojos, and
it may be that some are really forms of that species ; but all the
specimens— one of them in my own collection — are too poor to serve
as safe bases for new names.
Orthosia americana Morr., has been already referred to 0. lota of
Europe, and is without much doubt based on a European example.
To the courtesy of Prof, R. H. Pettit I owe an opportunity of again
examining the type, and after comparing it carefully with authentic
examples of lota, I do not hesitate to declare it the same.
In 1875, and for some years before and after, there lived in
Hoboken, New Jersey, an old collector who had remarkable success
in capturing species that no one else seemed to be able to find. For
a consideration he was usually willing to part with some of his
prizes, and so, gradually, there came into collections a number of
specimens without names, all credited to New Jersey, which re-
mained as puzzles for a considerable time. As this collector lived
in the outskirts of the city, had a large garden and had plenty of
wood and scrub land near by, it was not considered strange that l)y
dilligent collecting he should capture more species than others not
so well situated. And when in Sphinges and Bombycids it was
found that many of his species were identical with Euz-opean forms,
that was not considered so strange either, because at that time there
was a pretty general belief that many of the American species were
really the same as those on the other side of the Atlantic. But
when it was found that some butterflies purchased from him had
been ingeniously stained and tinted, belief in his honesty was shaken,
and when it was learned that no one else could find these European
species in New Jersey, that label gradually disappeared from the
examples or they were entirely discarded. Unfortunately Mr. Mor-
rison got hold of a few of these "uniques" and straightway described
them as new. Most of them have been eliminated ere tliis. A few
still have a hold in our lists because direct comparisons have been
for some reason impossible. 0. americana must be omitted here-
after, to be cited only in the synonymy to 0. lota.
Orthosia immaculata Morr. is included by Hampson with Aina-
t-hes; but can hardly belong here. The description indicates a spe-
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362 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
cies more like the conradi type, and the locality is out of range for
any known species of this genus ; which is of course no valid argu-
ment against such a form occurring there. I have been unable to
get track of the type. It is not in the Cambridge Museum as
Morrison states, and there is no record apparently, of its ever having
been there. It may be that Mr. Morrison failed to return the exam-
ple after describing it, and later disposed of it elsewhere. Until it
turns up or until an insect from Nevada occurs which fills all the
requirements of the description, the name must stand " unknown "
in our collections.
EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
PLATE IX.
Fig. 1. — Orthosia crispa, genitalic structure of male from beneath, with harpe and
clasper of one side removed ; uncus spatulate.
" 2. — Orthosia ralla, genitalic structure of male from beneath, uncus divided,
the tips divaricate.
" ,S. — Xanthia flavago, genitalic structure of male from beneath, with harpe
and clasper of one side removed; uncus divided, the tips widely di-
varicate.
" 4. — Orthosia ferruginoides, abdomen of male from beneath showing hair pen-
cils in position.
" 5. — Orthosia ferruginoides, part of the inner wall of male abdomen with
muscular tissue removed to show the case in which the hair pencil is
concealed.
" G. — Orthosia ferruginoides, part of male abdomen from above, with hair pen-
cil partly withdrawn from its case, showing also the openings on the
second and third abdominal segments.
" 7. — Orthosia ferruginoides, the hair pencil and its pedicel fully separated
from the male abdomen.
" 8. — Orthosia ferruginoides, disc of the pedicel to which the hair of pencil is
attached : very greatly enlarged.
'"? Orthosia ralla, the hair pencil of male, separated from the abdomen.
PLATE X.
Fig. 1. — Harpe and clasper of male Orthosia ferruginoides.
" 2. — " " " " deeipiens.
" 3. — " " " ■' acta.
'• 4. — '' '' " " verberata.
" 5. — " " " " straminea.
" 6. — " " " " antapica.
" 7. — " " " " fornica.
'' 8. — " " " " aggressa.
" 9. — " " " " euroa.
" 10. — " ■* " " duscata.
" 11. — " " " " inops.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXXIII.
PI. IX.
SMITH ON LEPIDOPTERA.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Vol. XXXIII.
PI. X.
SMITH ON LEPIDOPTERA.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC.D.
363
ReTision of the Species of Pleonectyptera Grt.
BY JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D.
(Plate XI)
This genus was described by Mr. Grote in 1872 (Trans. Amer.
Ent. Soc, iv, 23, and two new species, geometralis Grt. and phalce-
nalis Grt. were associated with Hemeroplanis pyralis Hbn., to make
it up. At about the same time, tliough published a little later,
Zeller described his genus Coptocnemia in the Verhandlungen de k.
k. Zool. bot. Gesellschaft, xxii, 476, and on pi. 1, fig. 19, figured
some of the structural peculiarities of his species /occa^is. The type
of that species I saw later, at Cambridge, and found it to be the
same as the species identified as pyralis by Mr. Grote.
The generic characters are: eyes naked, large, globose, without
overhanging cilise or lashes. Front normally convex, not specially
modified ; vestiture hairy and tending to form a little pointed frontal
tuft, enhancing the snout-like efl^ect of the palpal structure. Palpi
oblique, the second joint longest, clavate, a little flattened trans-
versely, the tip obliquely truncate, but with the angles rounded ;
terminal joint moderate, cylindrical, obtusely terminated, set into
the second joint so as to project straight forward or even to droop a
little. Tongue well developed, functional. Antennse simple in
both sexes or with moderate ciliations in the male. Thorax small,
convex; collar and patagia not marked, closely appressed ; vestiture
flattened hair and scales, smooth, forming no tufts. Abdomen cylin-
drical, elongate, tapering, well extended beyond the hind angles of
the secondaries, closely scaled, without dorsal or lateral tuftings.
Legs long, slender, unarmed, except for the usual spurs of mid and
hind tibiae, the latter not spinose. In the males the middle or pos-
terior tibise may or may not be thickened and provided with sexual
tufts, and at the base of the abdomen in the same sex there may or
may not be a pair of lateral hair pencils. Wings proportionate,
closely scaled ; primaries, veins 3, 4, 5 well separated from end of
median, 6 almost directly continuing subcostal from the lower angle
of accessory cell, 7 and 8 from end of accessory cell, 9 out of 8 near
apex, 10 out of upper angle of accessory cell. In the males of some
species the subcostal is unusually remote from the costal margin, and
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864 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
there is on the under side a fringe of fine hair from the costal area
extending to the middle of the cell ; in others there is a dense tuft
below the median vein near its end ; secondaries with 3 and 4 from
one point at the end of the median, 5 from the cell well removed
from 4, but joined to the median by a faint curve, weaker at base
than toward margin where it is nearly as strong as the others; in
the males of some species there is a flat tuft of hair from the sub
costal area near its middle, extending halfway across the cell beneath
and there may be also a small hair tuft on vein 5 near its base. In
shape the primaries are trigonate, with well defined apices, oblique
arcuate outer margin and gently convex inner margin.
The most characteristic feature of the genus is the oblique palpi
which extend well beyond the front, apparently straight out in con-
tinuation of the frontal tuft, but in reality oblique from the base to
the end of the long second joint which is thickened from the upper
surface by a massing of scales until the straight or slightly dropping
third joint forms a straight line back to the frontal tuft.
The species are generally similar in appearance and maculation,
except for pxjralis and geometralis, which are broader winged and
with a somewhat diflferent scheme of ornamentation, extending across
the secondaries. It is not improbable that some day the genus will
l)e restricted to these two species, and that the balance of the species
will be found to be worthy of a distinct generic term.
Pyralis and geometralis also differ by secondary characters of the
male. This has the posterior tibiae tufted, thickened and somewhat
distorted, and at the base of the abdomen a double hair pencil or
tuft. The primaries have an oblique tuft of erect hair extending
along the middle of the wing on the under side. In both species
the t. p. line is angulated on vein 7, and from that point is evenly
oblique to the inner margin. There is an obvious median line and
that is parallel with the t. p. line throughout, even to the angula-
tion. The t. p. line is continued across the secondaries and so is the
series of s. t. spots.
Pyralis is lemon-yellow to the t. p. line on both wings, and beyond
that it is chocolate-brown. At the angulation of the t. p. line on
primaries the brown shade does not follow the line but extends to
the apex so that there is a continuous, evenly oblique dividing line
from apex of primaries to the middle of the inner margin of second-
aries on the spread insect.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D. 365
Geometralis is uniformly chocolate brown, with exactly the same
markings as the preceding. Usually the space beyond the t. p.
line is a little darker than the basal area, and sometimes there is a
distinct yellowish tinge, leading to the belief that after all we have
only a well marked race or variety rather than a species distinct
from pyralis.
Both sexes of both forms occur, however, and my material has
not been large enough to warrant me in making the union definitely.
Habitalis, incusalis and i^eversalis agree in having the middle
tibite of male thickened, a little distorted and with a tuft of long
hair. In addition, the wings on the underside are provided along
the costal vein with fine hair which extends over and partly across
the median cell. On the primaries this is rather an even fringe,
while on the secondaries it is a narrower, fiat tuft, which is triangu-
lar in outline and drawn out to a point. There is also a basal hair
pencil at each side of the abdomen, similar to that in the preceding
species ; but the tufts are not quite so conspicuous.
Habitalis has a conspicuous dark reniform, very even pale median
lines, and a punctiform s. t. line; the t. p. and s. t. lines tending to
extend across the secondaries. It is a small species, almost uni-
formly luteous red- brown in ground color.
Reversalis is somewhat larger, greenish gray, with olivaceous
darker shadings, the median lines dark and diffuse and the reniform
not conspicuous. The secondaries are smoky, with the t. p. and s.
t. lines traceable. Altogether the species does not in the least resem-
ble the preceding and is not much nearer to the following.
Incusalis is a brightly marked form, varying in ground from yel-
lowish to creamy-gray and even to reddish gray. The median lines
are almost always distinct, usually black and shaded with black or
brown toward the centre so that occasionally the median space is
solidly dark filled. There is every intergrade between the two so
that there is room for pretty series. The t. a. line is outwardly
oblique, nearly rigid ; the t. p. is nearly straight to the middle then
sharply incurved so as to leave a usually well defined angle. The
reniform is inconspicuous or altogether wanting.
None of the other species have secondary sexual modifications of
any kind so far as observed, except that in some the antennae are
more obviously ciliated than in others.
Two species have the median lines rigid, oblique, subparallel, the
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366 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
t. p. line extending in a straight line from costa to inner margin and
vaguely across the secondaries as well.
Parallela is the larger, redder form, with the median lines con-
spicuously pale, the reniform wanting, and the s. t. line scarcely
traceable.
Immaculalis, of which ohliqualis is a synonym, is small, more
yellowish-gray, powdery, with the median lines much less con-
spicuous, the t, a. tending quite markedly to be only half length,
while the linear reniform is always at least traceable. There is an
obscure s. t. line which varies greatly in the specimens, but is usually
traceable,
Panitalis stands alone in this series by its large size, powdery,
luteous red-brown color and general resemblance to geometralis. It
is the only species here in which the median shade is obvious or
even traceable on primaries, and the t. p. line is subangulate on vein
7. The presence of a punctiform orbicular is another point of
resemblance to the preceding and different from all the following
species.
Rectalis stands alone among the smaller species by its almost
obsolescent reniform, very even median lines which are not incepted
by black or dark costal spots, and the general almost uniform pale
leather- brown color.
All the rest of the species have the reniform well marked or even
conspicuous, and the median lines more or less obviously incepted by
costal black or dark spots.
Secundalis and finitima have the surface of the primaries obviously
powdery, the reniform while distinct is not contrasting, and the s. t.
line is continuous, preceded by a more or less obvious darker shading.
Secundalis is the larger, more coarsely powdered species, dull gray
in color, the median lines diffuse and the veins outwardly dark
marked so as to be defined against the ground.
Finitima is smaller, much more variable in ground, ranging from
light ashen gray to vellowish and rusty reddish, the median lines not
diffuse and the veins not relieved against the ground color anywhere
in the wing. The powdering of the primaries, while obvious as
compared with the following species is much finer and more even
than in secundalis.
Of the remaining species, subfiavidalis resembles finitima, except
in the lack of surface powdering and in the cleaner cut ornameuta-
JOHN B. SMITH, SC.D. 367
tion. The reniform is rarely conspicuous, and the s. t. line is always
continuous, irregular, preceded by a darker shade.
Historialis has the reniform conspicuously black, but without a
defining ring or mark. The inception of the median lines is not
conspicuous; but the lines themselves are complete, very even, the
s. t. line obscure and more or less punctiform.
Tenalis looks like a small historialis, and has the same contrast-
ing reniform. But the costal spots incepting the median lines are
well marked or conspicuous, while the lines themselves are scarcely
traceable or altogether obsolete. The s. t. line may be altogether
wanting or may be fairly distinct and more or less punctiform.
Pleonectyptera noctuidalis Dyar has nothing to do with this genus,
nor does Cosymbia alhocostaliata which he has recently referred here
belong to it, although he is correct in calling it a Noctuid.
In tabular form the species will divide as follows :
Posterior tibise of male thickened and tufted ; dense tuft on under side of prima-
ries below cell. T. p. line augulated on vein 7, median shade
distinct.
Primaries lemon-yellow to the t. p. line, chocolate-brown beyond.
pyralis.
Primaries uniform chocolate-brown geoinetralis.
Median tibiae of male thickened and tufted ; wings of male with fringes or tufts
of hair from costal vein across median cell.
Median lines even, pale; reniform conspicuous habi talis.
Median lines dark, t. p. angulated or sinuate; reniform not conspicuous.
Greenish-gray, shaded with olivaceous; lines diffuse; t. p. a little curved
over cell, evenly oblique below reversalis.
Ashen to yellowish or reddish-gray; lines well defined; t. p. angulated at
middle and deeply incurved below incusalis.
Legs of the male not modified in any way ; no tufts on under side of wings.
Median lines pale, subparallel ; t. p. line rigidly even, oblique from costa to
inner margin.
Larger; redder; median lines conspicuously pale ; reniform absent.
parallela.
Smaller; yellowish-gray; median lines not conspicuous ; reniform linear.
immaculalis.
Median lines not subparallel ; t. p. line more or less angled or outcurved over
cell and incurved below, never rigidly oblique from costa.
Orbicular present, punctiform; t. p. line angled on vein 7; median shade
line present punitalis.
Orbicular wanting ; t. p. line not angulate ; median shade line absent.
Reniform obsolescent; median lines not incepted by black or dark spots
on costa rectalis.
Reniform well marked or conspicuous; median lines incepted by dark or
black costal spots.
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368 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
Primaries powdery; reniform not contrasting ; s. t. line continuous.
Dull gray, powderings coarse; median lines diffuse; veins outwardly
defined by dark scales secundalis.
Ashen to yellowish or reddish-gray; median lines not diffuse; veins
not relieved finitima.
Primaries even in color, not powdery.
S. t. line continuous, preceded by dark shade; median lines clean cut.
siibflavidaliN.
S. t: line wanting or punctiform ; reniform conspicuous, black.
Larger; median lines distinct ; costal patches not conspicuous.
historians.
Smaller; median lines usually lost; costal patches conspicuous.
leiiaiiM.
Pleonectyptera pyralis Hubner. ^
1818. Hbn., Zutraege, 1, 23, f. 127, 128, Hemeroplanis.
1872. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv, 23, Pleonectypiera.
1880. Grt., Can. Ent., xii, 87, Pleonectyptera.
1903. Holland, Moth Book, 246, pi. 29, f. 19, Pleonectyptera.
irrecta Walker.
1865. Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het., xxxiv, 993, Poaphila.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44 U. S. Nat. Mus., 362, pr. syn.
fioccalis Zell.
1872. ^ell.. Verb. k. k., Zool.-bot. Ges., xxii, 47, pi. 1, f. 10, Coptocuemia.
1891. Smith, List Lepidoptera, 61, pr. syn.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44 U. S. Nat. Mus., 362, pr. syn.
Head and collar chocolate-brown, with intermingled gray-tipped scales.
Thorax and abdomen bright yellow, the abdomen with a reddish or brown shad-
ing. Primaries yellow to the t. p. line and then beyond that line chocolate-
brown, except that at the inward angulation of the line on vein 7, the brown
shade continues on obliquely to the apex so as to form an almost even line from
apex to outer third of internal margin. T. a. line brown, single, slender, a little
outcurved and somewhat irregular in course. Median line distinct, brown, out-
wardly bent from costa to the reniform, then evenly oblique, parallel with the
t. p. line to the middle of the inner margin. T. p. line slender, brown, outwardly
oblique to vein 7, then abruptly bent and inwardly oblique to inner margin at
outer third. S. t. line punctiform. outwardly marked with leaden gray scales,
inwardly shaded with blackish, this in varying amount so as at times to become
almost a continuous irregular band. Fringes darker brown. Orbicular small,
brown, punctiform. Reniform brown, moderate in size, elliptical, not outlined.
Secondaries yellow to a little beyond middle, then brown, continuing the brown
shade of primaries obliquely across the wing. Median line of primaries also con-
tinued across secondaries at basal third, while the t. p. line crosses just within
the brown outer shading. Beneath yellow, with rusty red-brown shades and
powderings, both wings crossed by three blackish irregular lines, the outer
broadest and inwardly diffuse ; the primaries have the orbicular and reniform
more distinctly marked than above. Expands 1.12-1.28 inches = 28-32 mm.
Hab. — Long Island to Florida and Texas; New Braunfel.^,
Texas, in June; South Carolina, in June; New Brunswick, New
Jersey, in July.
JOHN B. SMITH, SO. D, 369
This is the most strikingly marked of all the species and is recog-
nizable at a glance. The palpi diifer from those of all save geome-
tralis in that the terminal joint is shorter, less cylindrical and prac-
tically in line with the second joint instead of being directed for-
ward and at an angle with it.
In the male the underside of the primaries has an oblique patch
of somewhat stiff hair extending from tlie cell toward inner nuirgin,
the hair directed outwardly and upturned at its tip. Strictly there
are two parts to this patch : one along the median vein directed into
the cell ; the other crossing the submedian interspace opposite the
end of the median vein, the hairs directed outwardly.
The posterior tibiae of the male are irregularly dilated and exca-
vated or grooved above, and toward base at the inner side of an
enlargement a dense tuft or pencil of hair is attached. This struc-
ture is concealed by covering hair and scales when in position on
the insect so that only a somewhat enlarged tibia is apt to be noted.
The subapical spurs of this tibia are slender and weak, and there is
apparently only one terminal spur.
At the base of the abdomen is a pair of pencil tufts; the larger
and outer white, the smaller, and inner blackish or dark brown.
The first abdominal segment is composed of the dorsal sclerite oidy,
and terminates abruptly at the sides. Attached to the lateral
edges of this segment is a cup-shaped structure which bends around
to the ventral surface. The opening of this cup is closed by an
operculum of elastic tissue, which, apparently, can be extended and
withdrawn at will. At the end of this operculum is a knol) shaped
structure to which the long hairs that form the outer pencil are
attached. This pencil, fully extended, reaches to the end of the
third abdominal segment. The groove into which this pencil fits
and in which it is normally concealed does not extend much beyond
the base of the third segment, so that the tip of the pencil is curved
up at the tip when in place. At the base of this outer pencil and
inside of its point of attachment is a smaller pencil of finer, dark
hair which does not seem to be stalked. It is not recognizable as
distinct from the outer tuft until the specimen is examined in liquid
or in a very fresh example.
Finally, there is at the end of the abdomen a short retractile
brush with round truncate tip, which may be withdrawn into a
cavity opening at the end of the 7th abdominal segment beneath.
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370 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
When extended it forms part of the anal tufting and escapes obser-
vation.
The male antennjB are distinctly ciliated and the joints are fur-
nished on each side with long single hairs or cilise so that there
should be absolutely no difficulty in distinguishing this sex.
Pleonectyptera geoinetralis Grote.
1872. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv, 24, Pleone.ctypiera.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 362.
Ground color a uniform light chocolate brown. All the markings exactly like
those of pyralis. Beneath : color and markings identical with those of pyralix.
Expanse 1.20 inches = 30 nin).
Hab. — Staten Island, N. Y., Lahaway, in August; South Caro-
lina, in June ; Florida, in March.
The range of this species is the same as that of pyralis, of which
I believe it to be a variety. The secondary sexual characters of the
male are exactly identical. As both sexes of both forms are at
hand, and I have no true intermediate forms, it is perhaps better to
keep the species as distinct, until more material makes it possible to
settle the question definitely.
Pleoiieclyptera* habilalis Walker.
1859. Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., Het, xvi, 39, Hypena.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44 U. S. Nat. Mus., 363, Pleonectyptera.
phalsenalis Grote.
1882. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv, 24, Pleonectyptera.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 363, pr. syn.
Leather-brown, vai-ying only a little in depth of color. Head and collar with
crimson scales. Primaries crimson along the costa. Median lines distinct, yel-
lowish, a brown or crimson reddish line following in the t. a. and preceding in
the t. p. line. T. a. line even, rigid, a little inwardly oblique. T. p. line even,
oblique from costa to inner margin, almost parallel to t. a. line, with just a little
iu and outcurve below and above cell. S. t. line punctiform, smoky, marked
with white scales outwardly. A series of dark terminal lunules which are some-
times scarcely discernible. Eeniform of good size, blackish, kidney-sliaped, quite
well defined. Secondaries yellowish at base, darkening outwardly to or near to
the groinid color of the primaries. Beneath more yellowish, shaded with crim-
son, especially along the costal region of primaries and on secondaries. Both
wings with a dark discal spot, a more or less complete extra median line and a
broken or punctiform s. t. line. Expands ,80-. 92 inches = 19-23 mm.
Hab. — Texas, Florida, Alabama; Tybee Island, Georgia, July
28th ; Tallulah Falls, Georgia, August 7th ; "New York."
This species occurs throughout the Southern States not rarely,
and into central Texas. The " New York" specimen is in my own
JOHN B. SMITH, SC.D. 371
collection, without indication of its original source, and I am by no
means ready to vouch for the locality ; and yet Long Island might
not be an improbable point of occurrence, and southern New Jersey
is still more likely to produce it.
There is very little range of variation in the examples before me.
There is a little difference in tlie shade of brown, due somewhat to
age and condition and some difference in the distinctness of the me-
dian lines; but otlierwise they all look very much alike.
In the secondary characters of the male the species is in general
accord with the others of its section, save that the wing tufts of the
under side are much less marked than described for incusalis, which
in this respect is selected to illustrate the character; that on vein 5
of the secondaries is practically absent, and on the primaries the
clothing is scarcely more prominent than in some species of the later
section. The tuft from the costal area of secondaries is distinct and
like that of incusalis, but smaller. The structure of the median
tibiae is like incusalis, though when examined on the set specimen
they seem only a little thickened and set with flat covering scales,
which in fact conceal the tuft and excavation.
The abdominal tufting is characteristic and is figured for the
series from this species. There is really a typical stalked pencil tuft
concealed in an abdominal groove and a covering tuft attached at
the sides of the first abdominal segment, and bent over so as to
shield as well as conceal the groove containing the hair pencil. The
covering tuft is re in forced by a membraneous shield inwardly, and
it is completely to be moved aside to give freedom to the hair pen-
cil. The first ventral (second actual) segment of the abdomen is a
shield-like plate, and under its edges the stalk which carries the
pencil is inserted.
Tlie antennse of the male are ciliated, and the several joints have
lateral, longer cilise.
Pleoneotyptera reversalis u. sp.
Ground color greenish-gray ; of primaries a little paler than of head and thorax.
Maculation olivaceous. T. a. line rigid, inwardly oblique, well defined toward
base, broad, outwardly diffuse. T. p. line yellowish, obscure, preceded by an
olivaceous shade line which is inwardly diffuse; in course a little outcurved over
cell, and very slightly incurved below. S. t. line broken, but scarcely puncti-
form ; there are two dusky spots below the apex and then from vein 7 the line
is continuous, bisinuate, hardly relieved against the s. t. space which is dusky to
vein 6 from inner margin, but clearly defined against the terminal space which
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872 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
is pale, except for an olivaceous clouding at middle. There is a series of dusky
terminal lunules from wliich short interspaceal lines extend inwardly. The
reniform is only a little dusky, moderate in size, lunate, not well defined. Sec-
ondaries dull yellowish, darker outwardly, with a dusky extra median shade;
the outer margin and the abdomen with a coppery tinge. Beneath yellowish,
outwardly and costally with coppery-red powdering; primaries with a dusky
extra-median and s. t. shade line and discal s})ot ; secondaries with similar but
much less marked and incomplete brown lines. Expands 1 inch = 25 mm.
Hab. — Esper Ranch, Brownsvills, Texas.
One male in good condition from the collection of the Brooklyn
Institute, taken by Mr. Schaeffer.
The lateral ciliation of the antennte is much more obvious than
in any other of the species, a single long cilia on each side of each
joint appearing clearly under the lens, and this character will assist
in distinguishing it from all the others. In the olivaceous and
greenish-gray color and ornamentation it is also unique thus far.
The secondary sexual tuftings of the underside appear to be in all
respects like those of incusalis, and that applies to the tuftings at
the base of the abdomen as well as to those on the wings.
Pleoiiectyptei'ii iucusalis Grote.
1881. Grote, Can. Eut., xiii, 133, Bomolocha.
1893. Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 363, Phonectyptera.
Ground color varying from pale gray to pale yellowish, more or less creamy in
effect. Sides of palpi scarcely darker. Primaries with the median lines usually
black, conspicuous, the t. a. outwardly, the t. p. inwardly diffuse, tending to fill
the median space more or less solidly brown or blackish. T. a. line outwardly
oblique with a little bend or angle in the submediau interspjice, sometimes pre-
ceded by a narrow pale or even whitish shade line. T. p. line almost evenly
oblique from costa to vein 4, then with a distinct incurve that gives the line a
characteristic form ; usually there is a narrow whitish or yellow outer edging to
this line which merges into the s. t. space. S. t. line altogether wanting or, more
usually, defined by a smoky s. t. shading that may be broken or continuous.
There raa.v be obvious terminal lunules, but more usually there is no trace of
them. Eeniform lost or only present as a dusky indication. Secondaries yel-
lowish, a little darker and more brownish outwardly ; sometimes with an extra
median line. Beneath, pale lemon-yellow, primaries with a small discal spot
and iui incomplete extramedian line. Expands .95-1.05 inches = 24-26 mm.
Hab. — Arizona, Yuma County, in March and April ; Yavapai
County, May 2d; Plioenix, April 5th; California, Walters Station,
in April ; Colorado, without date or specific locality.
A series of seventeen examples, male and female shows a pretty
range of variation in color and in the relative contrast of the median
lines and space. In the course of the lines there is almost no varia-
JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D. 373
tion and these are characteristic for the species. Only subfiavidalis
resembles it in the t. a. line, and none are like it in the course of
the t. p. line.
The characters of the male are those of the series to which it
belongs, and the abdominal tuftings are as described for pyra/is.
The venation figured is of this species, and the hair tufting is as
shown in the picture. At the base of the primaries the tufting is of
flattened hair and scales, and forms a little mass at tip; the longer
hair from nearer the middle of costal margin is thin, fine and silky
and forms a covering or shield over the veins of the costal area. On
the secondaries the tuft comes from the membrane between veins 7
and 8, and consists of fine, thin, silky hair, forming two flattened
layers; the outer much hmger and tapering somewhat to a point.
The little tuft on vein 5 is more scale like and lies parallel with the
vein when the wing is at rest; it is upright as shown in the figure
when the wing is mounted and floats in a liquid medium.
The tufting of the legs is also drawn from this species. The
median tibise are somewhat inflated and grooved upward and
inwardly; this groove concealing a tuft of long fine hair attached
at the base. At the edge of this groove is a fringe of shoit, scale-
like hair, which in part serves to close and protect it. The terminal
spurs are very unequal. The hind tibise are more nearly normal ;
but there is only a single terminal spur and there is a small hair
tuft at basal third.
The antennae of inale have the usual scant pubescence, and in
addition each joint has an obvious lateral bristle on each side of
each joint; not so distinct as in reversalis by any means; but yet
readily noted.
The examples from Yuma and Yavapai Counties, Arizona, and
from Walters Station, California, were all sent in by Mr. Hutson,
and are from similar desert localities. The Colorado locality I
know nothing about.
Pleoiiectyptera parallela n. sp.
Head and thorax reddish or fawn-gray, primaries more reddish. Head and
thorax without maikings, palpi gray tipped, more reddish basally. Primaries
with the median lines almost parallel, rigidly oblique from costa to inner mar-
gin, broad, yellow, outwardly bordered by a narrow brown line or shade. There
is no appearance of an s. t. line. No orbicular. No obvious reniform ; but there
is a vague shading at the end of cell which may indicate the occasional presence
of this mark. Secondaries shading from pale yellowish at base to the reddish-
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374 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTKRA.
gray of primaries at outer margin, the t. p. line of primaries continued across
the disc and scarcely less obvious; but this feature is probably variable and the
line probably tends to become lost. Beneath ; a more intense, almost rusty red,
with the outer lines obscurely indicated. Expands 1 inch = 25 mm.
Hah. — Huachuca Mts. , Arizona.
Two females, one in excellent condition, the other flown. It is
an obvious ally of immaculalis Harv., but difl^ers abundantly in the
broader median line, the larger size, more robust form and entire
absence of the s. t. line.
Pleoiiectyptera iniiiiaculalis Harvey.
1875. Harv., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., iii, 13, Pleonectyptera.
obliqualis Hy. Edwards.
1886. Hy. Edw., Ent. Amer., if, 171, Pleonectyptera.
Pale fawn color above, Vermillion tinted beneath. Tlie inner line faint on the
primaries, the outer more distinct, pale red, with accompanying pale shade.
Dots take the place of the s. t. line. One specimen shows minute superposed
points replacing the reniform. Another has a more olivaceous tinting. Outside
of the t. p. line the wing shows a faint darker line, and there is everywhere a
slight powdering with fuscous.
The above is, in essentials, Dr. Harvey's description, and he
allies it to phalcenalis, differing by the want of the reniform. Mr.
H)'. Edwards describes his species as follows :
"Very pale fawn-drab, with a pinkish tinge. The anterior line is discontinued
a little beyond the middle, while the posterior is perfectly straight, and goes
obliquely to the costa at about 3 mm. from the apex. Both these lines are bright
chestnut-brown, though slightly indistinct, the space between them being paler
than the rest of the wing. The submarginal line is composed of a broken series
of dark brown spots, and there are also brown dots at the ends of the nervules.
The secondaries have a faint indication of a median band. Beneath : both
wings are stained with reddish, particularly towards the margins and the lowei'
side of the abdomen; tihige and tarsi are marked with the same color." Ex-
pands .80-. 85 inches = 20-21 mm.
Hab. — Texas, March, April, July.
All the specimens that I have seen are from the Belfrage mate-
rial. The Edwards' type is in the collection of the American
Museum of Natural History in New York, and I have examples
directly compared with it. In the United States National Museum
is a series of specimens out of the type lot from which Dr. Harvey
described, and in this series both the Harvey and Edwards descrip-
tions are fully typified. The t. a. line tends to become lost above
the middle, and the reniform varies all the way from a narrow line
to a pair of dots or is lost altogether.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D. 375
The males show no apparent secondary sexual characters, and the
species is an easily I'ecognizable one by the features just above
emphasized.
Pleonectyplera punitalis n. s)).
Ground color a rusty reddish luteous, but ranging from smoky gray to almost
leather-brown. Head and collar sometimes leaden or ash-gray. Wings with an
irrorate or dusty appearance, giving the effect of a thin scaling. T. a line nar-
row, single, rusty brown or smoky, a little irregular and a little outeurved. T.
p. line rusty or smoky, narrow, obscure, followed by an equally narrow and even
less obvious pale line, oblique from costa at outer fourth to form an obtuse angle
on vein 7, thence inwardly oblique, a little irregular to inner margin beyotid
outer third. A vague but usually traceable median shade line extends through
nearly the middle of the median space, angulated like and nearly parallel
allel with the t. p. line. S. t. line punctiform, spots black or smoky, more or less
diffuse, sometimes with a few outer white scales, interspaceal and a little, sinuate
in the series. Orbicular a small dusky or blackish round dot. Eeniform dusky
or blackish, small, lunate, always obvious but never contrasting. Fringes con-
colorous, with sometimes a series of small rusty hinules at base. Secondaries
much like the primaries in color, but may be either lighter or darker. Usually
there is a traceable darker, narrow extra-median line and a small, vague discal
lunule. Beneath : more intensely reddish or leather-brown and more pow-
dery; usually with a trace of the maculation of upper side, sometimes almost
immaculate. Expands 1-1.20 inches 25-30 mm.
Hab. — Arizona : Palmerlee, Cochise Co., Sept.; Huachuca Mts.,
July 30th, August; Yavapai Co., July 19th; Hot Springs, New-
Mexico, 7000 feet, August; Durango, Colorado, July 8-16th.
Five males and five females in fair condition, and I have seen
others in collections. The species was collected by Skinner, Hutson
and Schaeffer in recent years, and I found one example in the Hulst
collection from New Mexico. It has a general resemblance at first
sight to geometralis, and with that species I placed my first rubbed
examples. The differences, however, are obvious, especially in the
male, which lacks all the secondary characters of the older s])ecies.
Pleonectyplera rectalis n. sp.
Ground color light leather-brown or reddish over luteous, varying in tint.
Primaries without strong contrasts, the median lines only being obvious. T. a.
line upright, consisting of a narrow yellowish inner line and a broader, out-
wardly diffuse brown line which enlarges to a somewhat triangular mark on
costa. T. p. line forming a small and very even outcurve over cell and an almost
equal incurve below that point; consisting of a well-marked outer yellow line
and a slightly broader inner brown line which is a little enlarged on the costa.
S. t. line vaguely marked by a slightly darker shade, its course scarcely trace-
able, but apparently irregular and sinuate rather than angulate or dentate. A
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376 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA.
series of very small obscure terminal dots visible in one example. Reniform
traceable as a slightly darker indefiued mark. Secondaries yellowish at base,
becoming reddish outwardly. Beneath: dirty yellowish, costal and outer bor-
ders more reddish, with vague transverse indicated shadings in some specimens.
Expands .92 inches ^= 23 mm.
Hah. — Arizona : Cochise Co., July 4th ; Baboquavaria Mts.,
Pima Co., July 15, O. C. Poling; Colorado.
Two males and two females in fair to good condition. The two
exanjples from Cochise Co. belong to the U. S. National Museum
and are purchased specimens. The Colorado example is out of the
old Hulst collection and has no data as to date, exact locality or
collector.
The species is quite readily recognizable by the lack of any
strongly marked characters and by the very slightly sinuated t. p.
line ; both lines starting from very feebly indicated enlargements on
the costa.
The male shows no obvious sexual peculiarities on the wings, legs
or abdomen ; but the antennse have the segments with longer lateral
cilia.
Pleonectyptera secuiidalis a. sp.
Ground color dull gray, powdered with coarse smoky brown, variable in
amount. Sides of palpi dusky. Primaries with all the markings diflFuse. T. a.
line upright or a little inwardly oblique, edged with yellowish inwardly, out-
wardly smoky, diffuse. T. p. line only a little curved over the cell, well or even
deeply incurved below it; outwardly a narrow yellow line, inwardly smoky,
diffuse. The s. t. space is dusky beyond the t. p. line, darkening to the very
irregularly angulate and dentate s. t. line which is defined by tliis dark shading,
outwardly emphasized by white scales. Through this s. t. space the veins are
obviously dusky and to a smaller extent this occurs also in the paler terminal
space. A series of dusky terminal luuules in the interspaces. Reniform a kid-
ney-shaped dark mark without definite outline and not strongly contrasting.
Secondaries dirty yellowish from base to a distinct extra-median shade band,
beyond which the wing is smoky. Beneath : yellow, more or less powdery ; pri-
maries smoky on disk and before the sharply defined s. t. line; also with a
smoky extra-median line and a lunate discal mark4^secondaries with a narrow
median line, a diffuse outer band and a small discal spot. Expands 1.08-1.12
inches = 27-28 mm.
Hab. — Plumas Co., California, May 1st; Los Angeles Co., with-
out date. . ■
Two males and one female; the former good, purciiased exam-
ples; the later an old rubbed example collected by Mr. Coquillett
over 20 years ago and received among a lot of Bleptina for deter-
mination.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC.D. 377
The species is quite characteristic by its powdery surface, the
' sharply marked and irregular s. t. liue and the general resemblance
to the Deltoid genus Bleptina. There are no apparent secondary
sexual characters on the wings or abdomen of the male.
Pleoiiectyptera finitiina Smith.
1893. Smitli, Insect Life, v, 333, Pleonectyptera.
Ground color gray, with a reddish or yellowish tinge, ranging from ashen to
almost brick-red and dull luteous. Palpi brown at sides. Primaries powdery to
iri'orate with minute darker scales that may tend to smoky or to reddish. Eeni-
form dusky to blackish, contrasting, not outlined, more or less kidney shaped.
Median lines double, consisting of a yellowish and a darker line, the latter from
a trigonate costal patch following in the t. a. and preceding in the t. p. lines.
T. a. line upright or a little oblique, rigid, even. T. p. line a little outcurved
over cell and a little incurved below ; the curves about equalling each other and
a little variable in extent. Usually the wing is darker beyond the t. p. line, but
it may extend absolutely concolorous to the outer margin. S. t. line irregular,
punctiform, the points sometimes outwardly emphasized by white scales, a
darker shade often connecting them more or less completely. A series of dark
terminal lunules which may be quite distinct or scarcely traceable. Secondaries
from pale smoky or yellowish at base to a lighter shade of the primaries at outer
margin, with or without a traceable extra-median line. Beneath : pale, pow-
dered with reddish, varying in tint and in amount until some examples are uni-
form powdery brick-red. Usually there is a distinct dJ^cal spot, an extra-median
line and sometimes an s. t. shade; but any one of these may be missing on pri-
maries and on secondaries all may be absent. Expands .88-1.05 inches = 22-
26 mm.
Hub. — California: March 21st; Los Angeles Co., July and
October ; Argus Mts., April ; Pasadena, June 20th ; Plumas Co.,
May 1st. Claremont, Colorado, without date or specific locality.
This seems to be among the more common forms and is quite
vvidely distributed. The powdery appearance is characteristic and
identifies the species in all its forms. The range of variation is in
the relative distinctness of the marks, lines and spots and in the
color of the suflTusion. There is also a greater range in size than is
usual in the species of this genus. There are no obvious tuftings on
the wings, legs or abdomen of the male, and the antennse are but
feebly fringed with just noticeably longer hairs on each side of each
joint, and these indeed are scarcely to be made out in some examples.
In the series before me four males and eight females are repre-
sented ; two or more examples having been also used up to make
slides illustrating venation, etc.
Types of the species are in the U. S. National Museum and in
my own collection.
TBANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. (48) DECEMBEK, 1907.
378 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTKRA.
Pleoiifctyptera siikflsiTMlalis Grt.
1881. Grote, Papilio, i, 1G6, 2Iegachyla.
1893. Smith, Bull 44, U. S. Nat Mus., 363, Pleonectypiera.
Ground color creamy gray, with a more yellowish tinge in primaries. Median
lines incepted from trigonate blackish spots. T. a. line outwardly oblique, with
a slight incurve, consisting of a paler inner and a darker, smoky and yellow
outer portion, the latter out of the costal spot. T. p. line with an even out and
equal or greater incurve; consisting of a pale inner portion, which is emphasized
by the costal spot and a darker, olivaceous outer portion which tends to shade
into the s. t. space, which darkens as it approaches the inner margin and at the
s. t. line. S. t. line distinct, irregularly denticulate, with paler scales following
the sharp dark edge. A series of small blackish terminal dots. Eeniform dusky,
obscure, lunate, not defined. Secondaries yellowish at base and to a dark outer
shade line, beyond whicli the outer border is darker. Beneath : yellowish,
ranging from almost immaculate to a powdery reddish on which the maculation
of upper side is vaguely reproduced. Expands .92-1 inch. = 23-25 mm.
Hab. — Southern Arizona, in May ; Clareinont, California, with-
out date; Los Angeles Co., California.
The type is in the Neumoegen collection, and I have a good com-
pared pair before me at present. The maculation is almost exactly
like incusalis in t. a. line ; but the t. p. line is not angulate and the
reuiform is obvious. From jinitima it is distinct by the course of
the t. a. line and by the lack of powdering on the primaries. With
the male at hand discrimination is easy, because it lacks the wing
and abdominal -tufts of incusalis, while it differs fi^m that and
finitima as well by having single longer cilia on each side of each
antennal joint. The species occurs within the range of both those
with which I have compared it, and it is not improbable that exam-
ples are mixed in collections with one or both. It is quite easy to
lose a female in either series.
Fleoiie<^tyi>lera Iiistorialis Grt.
1882. Grt., Can. Ent., xiv, 188, Pleonectypiera.
Ground color pale leather-brown over luteous. Palpi darker brown at sides.
Primaries with reniform black, contrasting, of good size, kidney shaped, margins
not defined. Median lines quite distinct. T. a. line upright or a little oblique,
rigid, consisting of a narrow yellow inner and an equally narrow outer blackish
or brown line, the latter from a somewhat enlarged spot on costa. T. p. line only
a little sinuate, even, composed of an inner dark line from an enlarged costal
spot, and an outer yellowish line; neither very clean cut or contrasting. S. t.
line very obscure, marked by a darker s. t. cloud and somewhat irregular. A
series of obscure brown terminal lunules. Secondaries pale yellowish or smoky
at base, becoming brown toward the outer margin beyond an extra-median dusky
line. Beneath : tending to brick-red, powdery, more yellowish at base and along
inner margin. E.^pands 1.05-1.12 inciies ^ 26-28 mm.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXXIII.
PI. XI.
SMITH ON LEPIDOPTERA.
JOHN B. SMITH, SC.D. 379
Hah. — Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, in August; Yavapai Co.,
Arizona, May 22d.
The type is in the Neumoegen collection, and I have two females
before me that have been directly compared with it. Unfortunately
I have no male and I am assuming that this resembles tenalis, a
species with similar ornamentation but smaller, with less obvious
median lines and more conspicuous costal spots.
Pleoiiectyptera teu:tli!!» n. sp.
Ground color au even, very pale reddish-gray; sometimes like a reddish flush
over a creamy base. Palpi brown at the sides. Primaries with the reniform
black, conspicuous, moderate in size, without sharp defining line. Median lines
marked on costa by trigonate blackish marks, and below that barely traceable.
So far as can be made out the t. a. line is nearly upright, and the t. p. only a little
out and incurved over and below cell. S. t. line may be entirely lost or may be
quite obvious, ranging from a series of dusky spots preceded by single white
scales to an almost continuous series of spots. Secondaries reddish outwardly
over a yellowish base, the latter predominating. Beneath yellowish, shaded
with reddish over costal and outer regions, the maculation of upper side
obscurely reproduced. Expands .84-. 88 inches = 21-22 mm.
Hah. — Arizona : Minnehaha, Yavapai Co., August 2d, 4th and
18th ; Yuma Co., Southern Arizona, August 15tli.
Two males and four females, of which two, from Southern
Arizona, are from Mr. Poling, while others were collected by Mr.
Hutson. The species is a very neat little one, like a small historia-
ns, with the median lines eliminated. There is little variation, ex-
cept in the intensity of the reddish and the development of the s. t.
line. There are no ob.servable secondary sexual characters in the
male and the antennal joints are merely pubescent.
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XL
Fig. 1. — Pleonectypfera 2)iji'alis, base of abdomen in the male, showing the charac-
teristic tuftings with the attachments on the first ring.
" 2. — Pleonectyptera pyralis, anal tufts and protrusible brush of male. This
brush may be completely retracted into the penultimate segment.
" 3. — Pleonectyptera pyralis, anterior, middle and posterior legs of male.
" 4. — Pleonectyptera phalxnalis, base of abdomen of male, showing the charac-
teristic tufts, with their points of attachment.
" 5. — Pleonectyptera incustdis, wings of male, showing venation and the char-
acteristic hair tuftings.
" 6. — Pleonectyptera incusalis, anterior, middle and posterior legs of male.
TKANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXXIII. DECBMBEB, 1907
HENRY L. VIEHECK. 381
NOTES AND DESC'KIPTIOXS OF H VIS ElVOPTEKA
FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.
In the collection of the University of Kansas.*
BY H. L. VIERECK, ACAD. NAT. SCI., PHILA., PA.
II.
BOREAL SPECIES.
EUMENID^.
Eunienes (Alpha) inarginiliiieatus n. sp.
% . — 11 mm. Wings brownish, transparent. Otherwise it has the group char-
acteristics of fraternus as tahnlated in Sausure's American Wasps.
Sculj)ture and pubescence pretty much the same as in fraternus. Thorax a
little longer than wide.
Black; clypeus, labruni and tibiae entirely yellow, a somewhat funnel-shaped
mark on the face extending from a trifle above the insertion of the antennse, the
scape in front with a broad stripe, an oblong or nearly oblong mark on head
above immediately back of each eye, the anterior margin of the pronotum, a
transverse band on the postscutel, and an apical marginal band on each of the
abdominal segments, excepting the apical ones and the first ventral, yellow; tips
of mandibles and hooks of antennae brownish-ferruginous, tegulse partly testa-
ceous, stigma and nervures dark brown. The yellow band at apex of second
dorsal segment, deeply angularly emarginate, a yellow spot on each side of the
same segment.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Este's Park, Larimer Co., Colorado.
One specimen, taken in July, 1892, by F. H. Snow (U. of K.
collection, lot 153).
CRABRONIDJ^.
Crabro (Anotliyreiis^) viciiiiforniis n. sp.
Related to vicinus. Metanotum with no strong sulcus, the bands
on the dorsum of the abdomen not interrupted.
9 . — 9 mm. jffead.— Dullish, finely sculptured, seemingly impunctate in front,
shining, indistinctly punctured behind; anterior margin of clypeus almost
straight, not dentate laterally.
Thorax. — Pronotum convex, with hardly any inequalities in its surface; meso-
notum sculptured pretty much the same as the posterior aspect of the head ;
mesopleura with sparser, smaller, distinct punctures compare with the mesono-
tum ; metanotum indistinctly radiately strigate, with its longitudinal median
sulcus broad and shallow ; the posterior face of the metathorax and its pleura
* Continued from Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 1906.
TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. DKCEMBER. 1907.
382 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
indistinctly roughened and sbining, tbe former with the sulcus of the metano-
tum prolonged down its middle.
Abdomen. — Shining below, mostly subtle above.
Color. — Mostly black, scape and pronotum entirely yellow, otherwise as in
vichius as described by Fox, Crabroniuse of Boreal America.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Base of Humphrey's Peak, 9500 feet, Coconino
Co., Arizona.
One specimen, taken in August by F. H. Snow.
ARID TRANSITION SPECIES.
BRACONID^.
noryctomorpha shoshoiiea n. sp.
9. — 5 mm. Head. — About as long as wide, almost completely dullish and
finely, closely, transversely striate; between the insertion of the antennae and
the base of the clypeus there is a somewhat oval, median, longitudinal polished
space; the cheeks are partly polished, partly longitudinally striate with strise
similar to those on the face and vertex, occipital region polished; in addition,
the head is mostly black, the upper half of the eye being engaged by a brownish
testaceous mark on the tegument of the cheeks, vertex and face, the lower
fourth of the face brownish to yellowish-testaceous, mandibles brown, tipped
with blackish ; scape yellowish-testaceous about twice the length of the pedicel
which is concolorous with the scape, together these joints are hardly as long as
the first joint of the flagel, which last is in turn distinctly longer than the suc-
seeding joint, but decidedly shorter than the next two joints combined, flagel
more than 18-jointed, brownish-testaceous, to brownish ; joints of the palpi sub-
equal in length, filiform and whitish.
Thorax. — Mostly dullish, black, partly castaneous beneath ; pronotum brown-
ish, shining, seemingly sculptureless, almost covered by the forward arching of
the raesonotum, which last is divided into three parts by the parapsidal grooves,
which are deep and partly somewhat foveate and extend fioni the anterior to the
posterior margin of the segment, the lateral parts of the mesonotum are equal in
size and somewhat triangular and granular, the middle part is trapezoidal, occu-
pying nearly all of the anterior edge and the middle third of the posterior edge of
the mesonotum, granular on its anterior half and reticulate on its posterior half,
the reticulate portion being traversed longitudinally by three rather irregular and
equidistant ridges or strongly raised lines; propleura granular, brownish and
broadly margined with foveae on a black surface, the extreme lower margin of
this sclerite is somewhat granular and striate; prosternum foveate and brown
immediately before the anterior coxae, anteriorly to the latter area pale yellow-
ish-brown, transversely striate in part and longitudinally impressed ; mesopleura
granular, with a broad oblique foveate impression extending fiom the anterior-
inferior angle to near the posterior-superior angle of the segment, the latter seg-
ment mostly separated from the mesosternum by a deep foveolate furrow; meso-
sternum mostly shining, inconspicuously granular and bisected by a longitudinal
foveate impression ; metanotum with most of its space occupied by a rather im-
perfectly formed diamond-shaped reticulate area extending from base to apex
- HENRY L. VIERECK, 383
and between the lateral areas, which latter are more moderately reticulate and
twice as broad on the apical half of the inetanotum as on the basal half thereof,
the areas between the central area and the lateral areas are rather triangular and
granular; nietapleura reticulate; nietathorax dorsally convex ; legs pale yel-
lowish-testaceous, tarsi inclining to brownish; wings transparent, tinted with
brownish, most of the nervures and the stigma brown ; first and second trans-
verse cubiti mostly weak and colorless, costal nervure between the stigma and
base of wing yellowish-brown.
Abdomen. — Mostly black, the first two dorsal segments partly castaneous; first
dorsal segment wider at apex llian at base, which last is about two-thirds half
the length of the segment, which is dullish and longitudinally striate, except for
a median area, which holds pretty much the same relation to the segment as the
median area of the mesonotuin bears to that sclerite, but on its basal half it is
mostly bounded on each side by a raised line and rather transversely foveate,
while on its apical half it is mostly longitudinally striate like the adjoining sur-
face; the second dorsal segment mostly dullish and more finely longitudinally
striate than the first segment, but medially the strife are ill defined and wider
apart, with polished surface between them ; the third dorsal segment is longitu-
dinally striate only at base, mostly smooth and shining like the rest of the dorsal
segments; ovipositor and sheaths dark brown, tipped with blackish and approxi-
mately 3.5 mm. long.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Near Lauder, Wyoming.
One specimen.
Doryctes apHCheii»« n. sp.
%. — 7.5 mm. Head. — Black and polished, except for the face below the an-
tennge which has widely separated punctures and is longitudinally divided by
an impunctate space which is not as wide as the flagel and which is prolonged
above as an impressed line, and the cheeks which have a few scattered puncture?,
frons transversely impressed with a deeper longitudinal median impression ;
antennae black, the scape nearly three times the length of the pedicel but nearly
as long as the first joint of the flagel tlie latter more than 17-jointed, its joints
subequal.
Ihorax. — Mostly shining black; pronotum indistinctly sculptured, with a me-
dian transverse constriction, the posterior portion being humped; propleura
partly polished, punctate, partly rugulose; prosternum polished, sparsely but
distinctly punctured, parted anteriorly and posteriorly by a deep impression, the
anterior of which is deepest and divided longitudinally by an elevated fold
formed apparently by the union of the two sides of the segment, immediately
adjoining this fold on each side is a narrow rugose space ; mesonotum snbtrilo-
bate, the median lobe a little larger than the lateral ones and more strongly con-
vex, slightly longitudinally impressed along the middle of the anteiior half and
polished with scattered few punctures, the posterior half rugulose, the lateral
lobes more uniformly polished and with a few scattered punctures; scutel sepa-
rated from the mesonotum by an almost smooth, shining transverse band, the
scutel proper somewhat arched, indistinctly punctured and sculptured, rather
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384 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
dullish; mesopleura mostly without sculpture and polished, separated from the
sculptureless bisected mesostenium by a deep furrow; mesosternum yellowish-
testaceous as is the lower edge of the mesopleura; metathorax ferruginous above'
its pleura brown and crudely sculptured and punctured, the metauotum rugulose
with a median ill-defined soraewiiat diamond -shaped area, less than one-third as
wide as the metauotum and open behind, wings infuscated or smoky, the nerv-
ures and stigma blackish; anterior and middle coxse and trochanters blackish,
the posterior ones reddish.
Abdomen. — Mostly dQll orange color, the sutures mostly citron-yellow, dorsal
aspect of first dorsal segment about one and one-half times as long as wide at
apex, longitudinally striate and separated from the sides by strong carinje, one
on each side; the second dorsal segment nearly three times as wide as long, partly
yellow and with a semi-circular radiately striate area on its basal half, the remain-
ing portion of the segment smooth and shining as are the remaining segments.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Fort Apache, Navajo Co., Arizona.
One specimen, taken between August 8-26, 1897, by F. H. Snow.
Doryctes feiniir-riibriim n. sp.
9. — 8.5 mm.; ovipositor 4.5 mm. — Very like apacheus from the
description of which it differs as follows :
Head. — Essentially as in apacheus, antennae 56-jointed.
Thorax. — Scutellum proper separated from the mesonotum by an oblong exca-
vation that is longitudinally divided by a ridge and foveate, the scutellum proper
shining or polished and sparsely finely punctured ; mesosternum and mesopleura
posterior to the oblique rugulose impression as well as the metathorax, middle
coxae, posterior coxae and trochanters, and all but the black tips of the posterior
femora more or less ferruginous, metanotum rather distinctly areolate with
spiracular, middle pleural, external and external median areas differentiated,
the greatest width of the areola about as great as one-third the width of the
metauotum.
Abdomen. — Ferruginous, all but dorsal segments 1 and 2 polished, the former
rugopunctate, the latter mostly radiately striate, rugose at extreme base.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 20 miles
southwest of Flagstaff in Coconino Co., 5000 ft., Arizona.
One specimen, taken in August by F. H. Snow.
Iphiaulax triangiilifera n. sp.
Third, fourth and fifth dorsal abdominal segments rugose. J. — 6.5 mm.
Head. — Black, antennae blackish-brown ; mostly as in miliinris, but the scape
shining, nearly twice as thick as the iiagellum in the middle, its margins pro-
duced, sublaminate, pedicel about one-third as long as the scape, about two-
tbirds the length of the first joint of the flagel, flagel over 44-jointed, its joints
subequal.
Thorax. — Smooth and polished, seemingly sculptureless, pro- and mesopleura
HENRY L. VIEKECK. 385
each with an oblique channel, the latter seemingly separated from the former by
another oblique channel ; a longitudinal channel separating the metanotum from
the metapleura; parapsidal grooves almost wanting, indicated only by the
merest impression of the tegument; ferruginous, the legs and a stain on each
side of the mesonotum black ; wings transparent, but strongly brown, the nerv-
ures and stigma a darker brown than the membrane.
Abdomen. — Ferruginous, tipped with blackish, shining; first and second dorsal
segments more or less reticulated and as in militaris, the triangular area of the
second segment, however, with its apex attaining the apical margin of the seg-
ment; ovipositor 5 mm. long, of the same color as the flagel.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, 6000 ft., Oak Creek Canon, 20
miles southwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino, Arizona.
One specimen taken in August by F. H. Snow.
ICHNEUMONIDJC.
Syndipniis erytlirogaster n. sp.
%. — 9 mm. Head. — Shining, minutely indistinctly punctured, covered with
short, silvery, inconspicuous pubescence; the face below the anteunfe almost
entirely yellow, the yellow extending up on the front along the eye margin, the
rest of the front black, a brown arcuate band extending from eye to eye and
skirting the posterior ocelli, back of which the vertex and upper part of cheeks
are black like the occiput; cheeks mostly pale brown ; malar space yellow ; man-
dibles yellow, tipped with brown ; scape, pedicel and first joint of flagel more or
less yellow beneath, blackish-brown above, the second, third and fourth joints of
the flagel brownish or blackish-yellow beneath, blackish above, the first flagellar
joint about as long as the combined length of the next two, the scape somewhat
oviform, nearly twice as thick as the pedicel and nearly three times as long as
the latter; clypeus not separatee' from face, about as wide as the eye, truncate;
upper half of face below antennae with a median longitudinal slight eminence;
palpi whitish.
Thorax. — In sculpture and pubescence about the same as the head ; dorsulum
practically not at all impressed, and brown, excepting its edge laterally and pos-
teriorly ; pronotum inconspicuous, black, its pleura roughened, black and brown,
with the tubercle yellow; scutellum mostly brown; other parts black, with or
without brown stains; metathorax with only the median longitudinal and apical
transverse carinse on the dorsal and posterior aspects, but these are strongly de-
veloped, the former forming a nearly oblong area and the latter an almost
crescentic area, which latter is longitudinally bisected l)y a carina; coxse and
trochanters of middle legs and trochanters of posterior legs almost entirely yel-
low, the remainder of the anterior and middle legs, excepting tips of terminal
tarsal joint, claws and pulvilli which are brown, pale testaceous, posterior ccxie
black, with yellowish tip, posterior femora blackish and brown, basal two-thirds
of posterior tibiae pale brown, the apical third blackish, the first, second, third
and fourth joints of the posterior tarsi yellow to yellowish, with a brownish tint,
the apical joint brown, but a paler shade than the claws and onychife; wings
transparent, tinted with brown, nervures and stigma mostly dark brown, tegulse
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386 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
yellow, second abcissa of the cubital iiervure not much more than half the length
of the transverse cubitus.
Abdomen. — Mostly smooth and polished, the first dorsal joint nearly three times
us long as wide at apex ; the second dorsal segment longer than wide at base and
about as long as or a little shorter than wide at apex, the succeeding joints wider
than long and rather oblong in outline; ferruginous, tipped with blackish.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 690 ft. eleva-
tion, 20 miles southwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino Co., Arizona.
One specimen captured by F. H. Snow in August.
Mulilla (Dasyniiitilla) apachea n. sp.
%. — 6 mm. Head. —Distance between posterior ocelli a little less than that
between them and nearest eye margin ; face rugopunctate, the rest of the head
coarsely punctured and nearly as closely punctured as possible, frons with a me-
dian longitudinal impression extending downwasd from the anterior ocellus;
entirely black or blackish, with the exception of the eyes, which are rather steel
color.
Thorax. — Excepting the metatborax, which is coarsely reticulate, punctured
much like the head, same color as the head ; beyond the radial, second submar-
giflal and first and second discoidal cells the neuration is faint, shadowlike,
wings strongly brown, with a large portion of the basal two-thirds paler than the
rest of the wing, stigma and nervures blackish-brown.
Abdomen. — First ventral segment with a blunt obtuse angled median longitu-
dinal keel; the second ventral segment not at all felted, the second dorsal with
a felted line parallel to the lateral margin and removed therefrom to about the
width of the apical joint of the flagellum, extending the length of the middle
two-fourths of the segment; first segment black, sculptured very like the head ;
the succeeding segments pale brown, not so coarsely punctured as the first;
pygidium finely and coarsely roughened, rather oblong and distinctly maigined.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Fort Apache, Navajo Co., Arizona. One speci-
men. August 20, 1897.
EUMENID^.
Eiiinenes (Alpha) gIobiilo!<»ifbriiiis n. sp.
Related to globulosus, from which it differs as follows.
9 . — Head. — Clypeus rather coarsely striato-punctate, its anterior margin form-
ing an inverted M, with the emargination riglitangular ; yellow of face confined
to a transverse basal bar on the base of the clypeus and another transverse bar
between the sockets of the antennae; the basal lobe on the inner edge of the
mandibles about three times as long as high, the apical lobe, i. e., the one before
apex of the mandible nearly as high as long.
Thorax. — Convexities of the metatborax strong, the channel separating them
rather deep throughout; tegulse almost completely reddish-brown.
HENRY L. VIERECK.
387
Abdomen. — Apical margin of first aud second dorsal segments distinctly swol-
len, that of the second, the anterior aspect of the swollen portion of the second
segment, in the middle, when viewed from the side forming an obtuse angle
with the remainder of the segment; punctuation of the first dorsal segment
sparse, excepting medially and along the margins; the second dorsal segment
conspicuously dullish ; apical segment immaculate ; venter dullish.
Remarks. — The pubescence is superficially inconspicuous, but on close inspec-
tion seen to be fine, abundant, tinted with ochreous and mostly less than 1 mm.
in length.
% . — Excepting the sexual peculiarities essentially like the 9> clypeus yellow,
excepting laterally, and a transverse testaceous mark close to the apex of the
emargination ; hook of anteniiiE brown ; tibiae and tarsi entirely dull ferruginous
and brown.
Types. — University of Kansas.
Type locality.— Tliomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 6000 ft., 20
miles southwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino Co., Arizona.
Two specimens taken in August by F. H. Snow.
Eunieiies (Pachyinenes) bollifoi-niis n. sp.
Related to holll, from which it differs as follows :
9 . — Head. — With the following exceptions almost exclusively black : clypeus,
excepting an almost central blackish dot and a subapical testaceous mark yellow,
an hourglass-shaped supraclypeal mark, scape in front, labrum, and a shoit post-
ocular line more or less yellowish ; clypeus distinctly but not much longer than
wide, its anterior margin forming a segment of a circle; greater part of apical
third and outer margin of mandibles brown, the teeth about as in glohulosiformi.^.
Thorax. — Black, with the exception of the following parts, which are more or
less yellow to yellowish-ferruginous: pronotum in the middle and its anterior
and posterior margins, tegulre, a spot on pleura beneath tegulje, a spot on each
side of scutel, poStscutel, the greater portion of the superior aspect of the meta-
thorax aud all of the legs excepting the coxae and trochanters; wings nearly as
in glohnlosm.
Abdomen. — Dullish ; first segment bla<!k, except for an apical yellow margin
and a yellowish ferruginous spot on each side; the second segment with the
basal half mostly black, the apical half mostl.v yellow, the black portion on the
second dorsal segment somewhat hourglass shaped ; the nor-
mally exposed portion of each of the succeeding segments
practicall.y entirely yellow.
%. — Smaller; clypeus rather indistinctly punctured with
punctures of two sizes, the large ones rather sparse, no central
blackish spot, otherwise nearly as in the f; hook of antennse
brown ; apical ventral abdominal segment immaculate, apical
Natiirarsi'z" third of second abdominal segment mostly yellow; a free,
nearl.v oblong yellow mark on each side of the middle third
of the second dorsal abdominal segment, the apical yellow band of this last seg-
ment triangularly emarginate on its anterior margin.
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. JANUARY, 1908.
388 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
Types. — University of Kansas.
Type locality.— Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 6000 ft., 20
miles southwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino Co., Arizona.
Collected in August by F. H. Snow.
Two 9 iiiid three $ paratopotypes exhibit the following atypical
modifications: 9 > "t) blackish spot on clypeus; (?,scutel entirely
black ; lateral marks of second dorsal abdominal segment not free,
the yellow margin of the same segment not emarginate on its ante-
rior edge.
In all the specimens of this species examined, there is a persistent
subapical, median rounded or transverse mark on the yellow portion
of the second dorsal al)dominal segment.
Kiimeiies (Alpha) cruciferorum u. sp. (PI. XIII).
Related to emarginilineatus.
9. Head. — As in tbe related species, with the exception of the clypeus which
is about as long as wide, with its anterior edge triangularly emarginate, the
angle of the emargination being a little greater than a right angle, shining and
rather coarsely but not deeply, sparsely punctured, with the middle mark united
to a rather circular black mark with a short petiole of black, the rest yellow ;
labrum brown.
Thorax. — This portion of the insect and its appendages are essentially as in
emarginilineatus, barring the following points: yellow as follows — a shoit line on
each side of the mesonotum adjoining the posterior edge of the pronotum, a small
spot on each side of the scutelluni, a spot on the pleura beneath the tegulse, two
spots on each tagula and a '>!^-shaped mark on the anterior and lateral edge of
the metanotuni, i. e. the posterior aspect of the metathorox ; the anterior femora
are mostly yellow beneath.
Abdomen. — Much as in the related species, the petiole more elongate, three or
nearly three times as long as wide at apex, shining, rather deeply and sparsely
punctured and with a yellow dot on each side a little beyond the middle; first
dorsal segment shining, its punctures about the same as those on dorsum of
yietiole but closer together, its lateral spots amplified to form an interrupted band
which unites with the apical band laterally, giving the black portion of the seg-
ment a sort of hour-glass appearance; apical band nonemarginate, a little more
than half of the second ventral segment yellow.
'^ . — Essentially like the female; clypeus longer than wide, indistinctly punc-
tured, entirely yellow; labrum tipped with yellow; hook of antennae brown;
dorsulum, scutel and metathorax immaculate; apical band of second dorsal seg-
ment emarginate, its yellow lateral spots separate, free and elongated into cunei-
form marks; second vential segment with less than half of its surface yellow, the
succeeding segments excepting the apical one bunded or spotted with yellow;
anterior femora only tipped with yellow.
Types. — University of Kansas.
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Type locality.— Thomas' Kanch, Oak Creek Canou, 6000 ft., 20
miles southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Captured in August by F. H. Snow.
Kiiineii«'S (Alpha) eiiigniatus n. sp. (PL XII).
%. — Differs from emarginilineatus as follows: tegulse partly, a spot beneath
latter on pleura, a sliort band on each side of metathorax, an elongate cuneiform
mark on each side of the second dorsal abdominal segment, a cone-shaped mark
on first ventral segment, a large helmit-like mark on second ventral segment and
a yellow apical line on each of the following segments, except the apical one,
yellow. In addition, the convexities of the metathorax are rather hemispheri-
cal and the petiole is broader.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. -Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 6000 ft., 20
miles southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Two paratopotypes, one of which has a yellow spot or dot on each
side of petiole.
All taken in July and August by F. H. Snow.
Odynerus sulfuritiiictus n. sp.
Related to scutelUiris, from which it can be readily separated by
the excavated metathorax, etc.
9. — 13 mm. — Head. — Front distinctly punctured, the punctures adjoining and
placed in a shining tegument; clypeus and cheeks more shining and with their
punctures more separated than the dorsum of the thorax ; covered with pubes-
cence varying in color from brownish-gold to yellowish-gold, but nowhere
obscuring the tegument; black and yellow, the yellow confined as follows, a line
on basal half of mandibles, clypeus excepting the margins of the anterior half
and a triangular space in the middle, a spot between the insertion of the antennae,
the anterior aspect of the scape and an ovoid mark back of each eye ; vertex with
a deep pit posterior to the hind ocellus, giving the appearance of there being an
additional simple eye.
Thorax. — Black and yellow, pubescent in much the same way as the head, its
pubescence of the same kind ; pronotum bordered with yellow along its anterior
margin ; anterior femora and tibiae partly yellow, the anterior tarsi almost com-
pletely yellow ; mesothorax above sculptured much the same as the front and
most of the remainder of the thoracic dorsum, its pleura more shining on account
of the punctures being more separated ; its yellow portions are as follows: a spot
immediately posterior to the tubercles on the mesopleura, all excepting the cen-
tral testaceous portion of the tegulse, the post scutel, middle and posterior coxae
anteriorly, middle and posterior femora in part, greater portion of its tibiae and
the middle tarsi almost entirely, the posterior tarsi brownish like the hindmost
portion of the adjoining tibiae, wings brownish, with a yellowish reflection, pos-
terior edge of postscutel with a series of short broad rather indistinct teeth;
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390 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
raetathorax shining and transversely striate, presenting a concave surface
bisected by a narrow shining smooth space part vray down the middle and partly
by a somewhat incomplete longitudinal channel, its lateral margins terminating
in the middle in a rather acute angled tooth, a yellow mark on each side of its
dorsal aspect.
Abdomen. — With its pubescence and color much the same as on tne thorax,
rather closely punctured, the punctures closer and coarser near the edges of the
2nd-5th segments than elsewhere; first dorsal segment nearly as wide as, but
only about half as long as the second, with a faint median longitudinal impres-
sion, otherwise uniformly smooth, a broad yellow border along the posterior
margin, continued laterally anteriorly and then toward the middle line, the pos-
terior border with a brown line on each side; the second dorsal segment with the
apical margin reflexed in much the same way as in rectangulis, its ornamentation
almost the same in scheme and color as that on the first; the exposed portions of
the remaining dorsal segments, the second, third, fourth and fifth ventral seg-
ments with an apical sinuate border, and the base of the apical ventral segment
yellow.
%. — 10 mm. — Very like the 9i from which it differs in having the clypeus
entirely yellow, in the abscence of yellow maiks on the metathorax, in having
yellow marks on the anterior coxge, in the absence of accessory yellow lines to
the border of the second dorsal abdominal segment, in the apical ventral segment
of the abdomen which is not yellow at base, and in the tibiae and tarsi which are
more brownish than yellow.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 6000 ft., 20
miles southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Paratopotypes 9 , 1 or 2 mm., smaller than the type % , with
practically all the anterior half and part of the posterior half of
the clypeus black and with the second dorsal abdominal segment
ornamented in the same way as the type % ; % metathorax with
yellow marks.
All collected by F. H. Snow.
Odynerus spectabiliformis n. sp.
Very like sjiectabilis in structure. The following description is
comparative with reference to Saussure's description in his "Ameri-
can Wasps."
9 • — 12 mm.— Head. — Clypeus broader than long and pitted with deep distinct
well-separated punctures; vertex with a depression back of the middle ocellus;
pubescence silvery and golden, but so inconspicuous as to escape superficial obser-
vation ; black, with the following yellow parts: clypeus, scape anteriorly, a mark
between insertion of autennpe, and somewhat above the same another mark
between the antennaL sockets and the eye margin, and a line on the cheeks and
vertex along the posterior eye margin ; scape and greater part of flagel behind
brown.
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Thorax.- — Essentially as in spectabilis ; pubescence the same as on the head and
abdomen; mostly black; following parts yellow unless otherwise stated, ante-
rior and posterior margin of pronotnm, a spot on each side of scutel, postscutel
(tinted with orangej, mark on each side of metathorax rather ferruginous, spot
beneath tegulje on pleura sort of orange color as is the nontestaceous portion of
the tegulse and greater part of femora ; the following parts are brown : coxee of
middle and posterior legs partly, practically all of tibiae and tarsi ; wings infusca-
ted and brownish.
Abdomen. — Smooth and shining, with distinct well-separated punctures, except-
ing along the apical margin of the second dorsal segment and on the exposed
portions of the third, fourth and fifth dorsal segments where they are very
coarse and close, giving them an appearance of rugosities, the apical dorsal seg-
ment sparsely, these punctures on a smooth surface, the second, third, fourth and
fifth ventral segments uniformly punctured in much the same way as the dorsal
segments are at base, the apical ventral segment granular, following portions yel-
low, a broad apical band on the first dorsal segment prolonged on each side into
a yellow mark extending forward laterally, and all of the succeeding segments
except at base.
'J, . — 10 mm. — Essentially like the 9. differing somewhat in the yellow of the
scutel which is reduced to two inconspicuous spots and in the postscutel where
the yellow is reduced to two lines.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranuh, Oak Creek Canon, 6000 ft., 20
miles southwest of Flagstaif, Arizona.
Collected by F. H. Snow.
Odyneriis hidalgiforinis n. sp.
Related to hidalgi, from which it is readily separated by the
more sparsely punctured less deeply canaliculated second abdominal
segment. Has the thorax longer than wide showing its affinity to
Stenodynerus.
J. — 12 mm. — In structure, pubescence and sculpture very like spectabiformis,
but there is no depression on the vertex, and the posterior surface of the meta-
thorax is bisected by a shining line.
Head. — Black, with the following parts yellow, greater part of clypeus, the
blackish portion thereof being confined to the anterior two-thirds, supraclypeal
mark extending up to between the antennal sockets, the anterior half of the
scape and a spot on each side of the head back of the eyes.
Thorax. — Black, with the succeeding parts yellow, anterior half of pronotum.
spot on each side of the thorax beneath the tegulse, a margin on the tegulse, a
band on postscutel, and a mark on each side of the posterior aspect of the meta-
thorax along the lateral margin.
Abdomen. — Black, mostly ornamented with yellow as follows: the first dorsal
segment in such a way as to give the black portion a somewhat hour-glass appear-
ance, an apical band prolonged along the lateral margin and then directed
inward toward the median line on the second dorsal segment, an apical band on
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392 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
each of the succeeding dorsal segments, the apical segment is yellow, excepting
the blackish margins, the 2nd-5th ventral segments are margined with yellow
laterally and posteriorly, the apical ventral segment with a transverse band.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, 20 miles southwest of Flagstaff,
Coconino Co., Arizona.
Collected by F, H. Snow.
Odyiierns canaliculatus n. sp. (PI. XII).
= Odynexus iturbidi Vier., Tr. Ks. Ac. Sci., xx ; Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, xxxii.
Differs from iturbidi in the apical edge of the second dorsal seg-
ment being reflexed practically as in rectangulis.
%. — 11 mm. — ifead.— Clypeus deeply emarginate, bidentate, yellow; hook of
antennse brown ; rest of the head black, excepting the triangular yellow supra-
clypeal mark, yellow to ferruginous mark in emargination of and back of eye
and ferruginous pedicel ; greater part of first flagellar joint ferruginous as is the
posterior aspect of the scape, its anterior aspect being yellow ; mandibles black at
base and apex, mostly brown.
Thorax. — Metathorax with no dentiform angle on each side but rounded off;
pronotum tinted with yellow anteriorly; scutelli only partly ferruginous; mid-
dle segment not at all ferruginous; legs to basal third of femora inclusive black,
remainder mostly yellow, with part ferruginous.
Abdomen. — First dorsal segment practically impunctate, its venter and anterior
face of dorsum black, as is a spear-shaped mark united with the black of the an-
terior aspect, the remainder of the segment ferruginous, with a yellow then
testaceous apical border, the second dorsal segment on the basal half partly like
the first and with an obtuse angled triangular black mark, which latter is
bounded posteriorly and laterally by ferruginous then by yellow, the yellow ex-
tending to the apex of the segment; channel very coarsely punctured and spi-
nose; second ventral segment not channeled, otherwise in color and pattern like
the corresponding dorsal segment; the rest of the abdomen mostly yellow and
punctured. Otherwise as in iturbidi, see Sauss., "Am. Wasps."
Type — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, 20 miles southwest of Flagstaff,
Coconino Co., Arizona.
Collected in August, 1902, by F. H. Snow.
Odyiierns (Stenodynerus) tempiferus n. sp. (PI. XII).
Excepting the length of the thorax, this agrees in size and struc-
ture with Saussure's description of iturbidi, from which it is very
different in color and color pattern.
Head. — Clypeus entirely yellow, a tribolate supraclypeal yellow mark, a yellow
mark, a yellow line along the eye margin extending from the clypeus to the
apex of the emargination of the eyes, the cheeks with a yellow line along the
eye margin, the scape in front and the mandibles almost entirely yellow, the
HENRY L. VIE RECK, 393
scape posteriorly, the pedicel and first to third joints of flagel more or less ferru-
ginous to brown, hook partly brown ; mouth parts various shades of brown ;
otherwise black, with golden pubescence.
Thorax. — Mostly black, with golden pubescence, excepting on the dorsulum
where it is blackish ; pronotum almost entirely brownish to ferruginous to yel-
lowish ; tegulfe testaceous and yellow; the subtegular spot mostly yellow; an
oblong mark on each side of the scutel and a transverse line on the postscutel,
and the superior aspect of metathorax yellowish ferruginous; cox£e in front
mostly yellow, black behind, trochanters mostly black, anterior and middle
femora yellow and ferruginous, posterior femora black at base, yellow at apex,
ferruginous between, tibise and tarsi mostly yellow; wings mostly fuscous, espe-
cially the marginal cell, the stigma, the costal and subcostal nervuies from the
stigma to base of wing, the costal cell, median and submedian cells more or less
yellow.
Abdomen. — Mostly yellow, or yellowish anterior aspect of first dorsal segment,
base of first and second ventral and second dorsal segments and an hourglass-
like black mark on first and second dorsal segments black.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 20 miles
southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Collected in August by F. H. Snow.
Odynerus (StenodyiieruM) rectaugulis n. sp.
Agrees with the description of toltecus in Saussure's Am. Wasps,
excepting in the following particulars:
Head, thorax and abdomen black, maculated with yellow.
9. — Head. — Clypeus coarsely punctured, some of the punctures confluent,
others nearly so; no ferruginous mark at base of antennae, anterior portion of
scape yellow ; a yellow band at the posterior margin of the clypeus.
Thorax. — With a yellow mark ou each side of the mesonotum at the junction
of the wings with the thorax; postscutel not at all carinate transversely; the
metathorax broadly excavated, pitted and striated, coxse, trochanters and femora
mostly black, the anterior and middle femora tipped with yellow, tibige and tarsi
brownish testaceous.
Abdomen. — The posterior margin of the first dorsal abdominal segment bor-
dered by a yellow band which is prolonged obliquely forward to the anterior
edge of the segment and nearly to its middle line; the second and third segments
are conspicuously margined with yellow posteriorly, the fourth and fifth dorsal
segments bordered with a yellowish line along the posterior margin.
'^ . — 7 mm. — Head. — No tubercle on the vertex; clypeus apparently wider
than long.
•Thorax. — Metathorax black; middle and posterior coxa; yellow aiiterioily. as
are the middle femora.
Abdomen. — With spines in the channel of the second dorsal segment and a
thorn-like projection on the first ventral segment; with the exception of the
apical yellow band on the first and second dorsal and second ventral segments
the abdomen is black.
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394 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, 20 miles southwest of Flagstaff,
Coconino Co., Arizona.
Taken in August, 1902, by F. H. Snow.
Odyiierus (Steno(lyiierii»i) papagoriim n. sp.
Related to toltecus, from the description of which, in Saussure's
Am. Wasps, it differs as follows :
9.-9 mm.— Head. — Clypeus rather coarsely punctured, with some of the
punctures apparently confluent, its anterior maifjin nearly straight, brown, and
not much wider than the scape is thick, its posterior margin bordered with yel-
low, a yellow border along the lateral margin on the lower half; a yellow mark
immediately above the insertion of the antennse and a yellow mark on that por-
tion of the face which borders along the emargination of the eye, a yellow line
on each side of the head directly back of the eyes; a rounded depression on the
vertex posterior to the anteiior ocellus, this depression being large enough to
snugly hold the anterior ocellus ; scape yellow anteriorly; mandibles brown at
apex, with a yellow mark near the base.
Thorax. — The anterior margin of the pronotum bordered with yellow, which
extends back to the posterior margin along the middle third of the latter, the
posterior margin in addition is partly testaceous to brownish in color; the tegulse
are mostly testaceous, with a brownish cast, but in addition they have a yellow
mark on the anterior and posterior portions; postscutel distinctly convex, but not
crested, with an undulated yellow line or band ; posterior face of metathorax with
its lateral rounded elevation covered with an elongate yellow mark ; wings trans-
parent, suffused with a smoky tint, which is deepened to fuscous in the cells along
the anterior edge of the wing, especially in the marginal cell ; anterior and mid-
dle femora black, brown and luteous, the posterior femora black and brown,
tibiae mostly ferruginous to reddish-brown, the middle and posterior pairs being
ornamented with a luteous stripe on the external aspect; tarsi biownish testa-
ceous, claws brown.
Abdomen. — Posterior edge of the 1st dorsal segment with a yellow border, as is
the same edge on each of the other segments, excepting the first ventral, and the
apical segment both dorsal and ventral; in addition there is a yellow on each
side of the second dorsal segment.
% . — 8 mm. — Head. — Clypeus uniformly yellow, finely punctured ; supraclypeal
mark extending down to the posterior margin of the clypeus.
Thorax. — The middle and posterior coxje are yellow anteriorly; the middle
femora are armed with a kind of tooth on the inferior aspect in the middle.
Otherwise as in the f •
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 20 miles
southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
One paratopotype has a brownish testaceous mark on the poste-
rior half of the dorsulum, this mark is barely represented in the
type by two minute spots ; another paratopotype has the latter mark
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yellowish ; the anterior margin of the clypeus blackish, and the pos-
terior and lateral yellow margins of the clypeus joined together
leaving the black portion of the clypeus in outline like a conven-
tional toadstool.
This species was captured by F. H. Snow in August, 1902, and
in July.
Odyiieriis (Stenodynerus) cochiseusis n. sp.
Differs from the description of vagus (Sauss., Amer. Wasps) in
structure, color and sculpture as follows :
9.-7 mm.— fleorf.— Hardly wider than bigh ; black and yellow; on the ver-
tex nearly halfway between the anterior ocellus and the posterior margin of the
head there is a small flat shining space which gives the appearance of being a
flattened tubercle; mandibles brownish at tips, black along the edge, greater
portion of basal two-thirds yellow; clypeus mostly yellow, the anterior lateral
margin edged with black, the anterior margin brownish; the yellow mark
between the insertion of the antennae ovoid in outline ; scape with its basal half
and the anterior aspect of the remaining half yellow, the portion of the head
fitting into the emargination of the eye completely yellow ; cheeks with a yellow
mark along the eye margin at the top of the head.
T/iorflx.— Apparently no flat space on either side of the metauotum adjoining
the postscutel ; metathorax rounded, the rugu lose excavation not margined but
bisected by a rather indistinct raised line; anterior half of the pronotum yellow,
tegulse yellow, excepting a testaceous cuneate mark in the middle; mesothoracic
episternum with a yellow mark beneath the tegulse, this mark separated by a
black line; directly back of the tegulie there is a yellow cuneate process and an
almost quadrate yellow spot on the posterior third of the dorsulum ; postscutel
yellow; a large yellow mark on each side of the metathorax; wings transparent,
somewhat clouded, especially in the cells along the anterior margin; cox*
mostly yellow in front and black behind; trochanters black ; anterior and mid-
dle femora almost completely yellow ; posterior femora mostly black, tipped with
yellow; tibiae and tarsi mostly yellow, the latter more or less brownish near the
apex and at the apex ; claws brown.
Abdomen.— B\a.ck and yellow; first dorsal segment with a yellow apical band
that is prolonged anteriorly for a short distance along the lateral margin and
then obliquely inward toward the middle line, making an interrupted transverse
baud with its fellow; the pattern on the dorsum of the second segment pretty
much the same as on the first segment, but the oblique bands come closer
together, and the yellow apical band is confined chiefly to the channel which is
bounded apically by a low flange which when viewed from the side makes an
j»obtuse ajigle with the rest of the segment; second ventral segment yellow, with
the exception of a quadrate black area occupying the middle two-fourths of the
basal two-thirds of the segment and a brown line in each yellow lateral border;
third, fourth and fifth dorsal ventral segments with an apical yellow band ; the
following dorsal segments mostly yellow, the follow ventral segments mostly
black.
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396 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
'^ . — 7 mm. — Very like the 9 iu structure, sculpture and color.
Head. — No flattened tubercle back of the anterior ocellus, the vertex being
uniformly closely punctured or rugose; the clypeus about as wide as long, entirely
yellow; the yellow mark between the antennal sockets prolonged down to the
clypeus.
'Ihoraz. — The yellow on the metathorax reduced to a spot on each side, and
but one spot on each mesothoracic episternum.
Abdomen. — There is a spot instead of an oblique band on each side of the first
dorsal segment.
Types. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 20 miles
southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Three 9 and three S paratopotypes, tlie males are all practically
alike, while in the females there is some variation in the maculation,
notably in the clypeus, where the yellow is more reduced or more
elaborate than in the type and on the scutel where two yellow spots
present themselves; furthermore, the yellow of the metathorax and
on the mesothoracic episternum is decreased or increased in extent
as compared with the type.
All the specimens were taken in August, 1902, by F. H. Snow.
Odynerus (Stenodyneriis) proTisoreu$« n. sp. (PI. XII).
Superficially like spectabiliformis, from which it differs, especially
as follows :
■^ . — 14 mm. — In size, in the postscutel and in the abdomen, this is more like
Odynerus s. s. than Renodynerus. In structure it seems to come nearest to the
group of which 0. Jlavopictus is representative.
Head. — As long as wide, dullish, punctate, the punctuation pretty much the
same as in campestris, black, yellow and reddish-yellow; clypeus entirely yellow,
its anterior edge arcuate and about two-thirds as great as the anterior lateral
margin, a transverse supraclyjieal yellow mark with its lower margin emarginate
and on a plane or nearly on a plane with the posterior or upper edge of the an-
tennal sockets, the lower edge of the eye emargination bordered with yellow, a
vertical reddish-yellow stripe bordering the portion of the eye nearest the ante-
rior ocellus, another reddish-yellow stripe bordering nearly the entire posterior
margin of the eye; mandibles mostly yellow, margined with blackish and
brownish; scape yellow in front, reddish-yellow behind, pedicel and first joint
of flagel entirely reddish-yellow, the remainder of the flagel almost entirely
black, excepting the fourth joint of the antennae which is partly brown; pubes-
cence inconspicuous, golden, tinged with brown, in no jilace much longer than
the pedicel.
Thorax. — Sculpture much the same as campestris, but there is a longitudinal
impressed line on the anterior half of the mesonotum and the scutel in the mid-
dle; pubescence as on the head ; black and reddish-yellow, the latter color being
confined to the greater portion of the pronotum, including the anterior and pos-
terior margins, tegulse, a spot below the latter on the mesothorax and a spot on
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each side of the scutel and postscutel ; wings colored as in fempifents; legs simple
and more or less reddish-yellow, excepting the coxffi, trochanters and basal por-
tion of the femora, claws castaneous.
Ahdomen. — Very as in tempiferm, but the margins not wrinkled, simple, rather
coarsely punctured ; the black portion of the first and second dorsal segments
not at all hourglass shaped, but more pyramidal; pubescence nearly as on the
head.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 20 miles
southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Paratype % differs from the type as follows: niesonotum with two
curved reddish lines, tubercles brownish testaceous, second joint of
the flag-el mostly reddish, hook of antennae brown.
Collected in August, 1902, by F. H. Snow.
Odynerus (Stenodyneriis) yniuns n. sp. (PI. XIII).
Has much the same form as taos, but the second dorsal segment
of the abdomen is reflexed as in rectanguUs or nearly so. Com-
pared with taos it differs as follows:
Head. — Practically the same, but 12th and 13th joints of antennae cylindrical
and of about the same width or diameter.
Thorax. — Rather dullish; scutel with a median longitudinal impressed line;
postscutel not at all produced but rather flattened ; metanotum with a yellow
spot on each side; femora simple, the anterior and middle pair partly black,
mostly yellow, the posterior pair mostly black, yellow only at tip, tibise also
simple, almost entirely yellow, tarsi brownish testaceous.
Ahdomen. — Practically as in taos, excepting as already described.
The yellow portions of this species, as represented by the type, are lemon
yellow.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 20 miles
southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Taken in July by F. H. Snow.
Otlyiierus (Mai'icopodyiierus*) maricoporuin n. sp.
Subgenerically related to the group represented by toltecxis, from
which it differs, especially in the peculiar abdomen. The points in
which it differs from toltecus, see description "Syn. Amer. Wasps,"
Saussure, are as follows :
%. — 7 mm. — Head. — Clypeus apparently broader than long; black, clypeus
entirely luteous, anterior aspect of scape luteous, with a brownish tint, above
blackish, brown below, yellow markings of the face confined to that portion
* N. subg. Type 0. M. martcoporum Vier.
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398 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
which fills in the eraargination of the eyes, part of the cheek and part of the
vertex: vertex convex and uniformly closely punctured.
Thorax. — Eather cubical, the metathorax excavated, with the excavation shin-
ing and rather sparsely punctured with fine punctures; black, with pubescence
nearly as on the head where it is about the same as in papagornm, anterior third
of pronotum yellow, its posterior margin partly brownish testaceous, mesopleura
with a large yellow spot that almost adjoins the tegulse, which latter are brown,
with a yellowish tinge on the anterior margin, a yellow spot on each side of the
scutel, postscutel traversed transversely by a yellow line, metathorax mostly
ferruginous, with practically only its dorsal aspect black ; legs largely ferrugin-
ous; trochanters and coxse partly blackish, as are the tibise and the bases of the
femora, anterior femora with a yellow or luteous mark on the outer aspect; an-
terior, middle and posterior tibiae yellow externally, tarsi fuscous at base, brown-
ish at apex.
Abdomen. — Partly black, pubescent, like jp«pa(7or?(.m ,* first dorsal segment with
a deep pit immediately anterior to its posterior margin ; second dorsal segment
nearly twice as long as wide at its base and forming a sort of canopy over all the
succeeding segments; beyond the second segment seemingly smooth and impunc-
tate; first segment mostly ferruginous, with the dorsal apical margin yellow,
bordered with black anteriorly to the yellow; second dorsal segment margined
with testaceous, with its black split up into five lobes by a luteous mark ; second
ventral segment mostly black, partly testaceous, with the entire posterior margin
testaceous, beyond the second segment the exposed portions of the segments are
testaceous.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality.— Oak Greek Canon, 20 miles southwest of Flag-
staff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Taken in August, 1902, by F. H. Snow.
Pepsis angustimargiiiata n. sp.
Related to atalanta, cerberus and basifvsca.
9 . — 26 mm. — Almost entirely Prussian blue, with a sericeous sheen, excepting
the antennse and tarsi which are blackish. Wings reddish, brownish-yellow, the
extreme base blackish, the apical half more of a yellowish than the basal half,
the apex and the posterior margins of the posterior wings, and the greater part
of the apical portion of the posterior margin of the anterior wings bordered with
fuscous, the fuscous not extending half way into any of the cells it margins.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Oak Creek Canon, 20 miles southwest of Flag-
staff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Collected in August by F. H. Snow.
Paratype $ 23 ram., from Salt Lake City, Utah, July 25, 1897.
Gorytes siibaustralis n. sp.
Closely related to phaleratus, of which it may prove to be a race.
Black, with exceptions as noted in the following description.
HENRY L. VIERECK. 399
9 ■ — 12 mm. — Head. — Eyes as in decorns, that is converging toward the clypeus'
the distance between the eyes at the base of the clypeus being one-half or nearly
one-half as great as the distance between the eyes'along an imaginary straight
line drawn from eye to eye and through the center of the posterior ocelli ; front
with fine, sparse punctures, some of which are as much as .5 mm. apart; clypeus
nearly twice as broad as long, yellow, convex, indistinctly punctured, more
sparsely so than the front and with a dimple near the center; that portion of the
face which lies between the eyes, clypeus and insertion of the antennae is yel-
low; antennae thicker beyond the middle than before, scape easily twice as thick
as the first joint of the flagel and as long as or nearly so as the first joint of the
flagel and pedicel, yellow, flagel pale brown, its first joint a little longer than the
second, pedicel concolorous with the flagel, mandibles black at tip, yellow at base
and brown between.
Thorax. — Smooth, polished, dorsum appearing dullish, apparently on account
of the presence of an indefinable pubescence, pronotum, tegulae, posterior and
anterior margins of the propleura, mesonotum with a yellow margin laterally,
anterior and inferior aspects of the mesothorax separated from each other by an
arcuate channel that originates approximately .5 mm. posterior to the posterior
margin of the tegulae and extends as one continous channel, which almost
attains the channel between the nieso- and metapleura, the latter have a large
mark which occupies nearly all of the anterior half of its lateral aspect; meso-
sternum with a median furrow along which there is an indistinct ridge, other-
wise much the same as the dorsulum ; a little more than the posterior half of the
scutel, and the posterior two-thirds of the postscutel yellow ; metathorax smooth
and pubescent in much the same way as the mesothorax, a fork-like impression
extending from the inferior portion of the posterior aspect of the metathorax to
the middle of the postscutel, laterally the prongs of this fork extend from the
center or near the center of the metathorax to a point on a line with the poste-
rior interior point of the wing insertion, the diverging impressions forming the
enclosure, which is bisected by the prolongation of the median impression, all the
impressions slight, except the posterior half of the longitudinal one; tibife and
tarsi spinose ; wings strongly brownish-yellow, excepting the apical fourth which
is mostly pale and more of a yellowish hyaline color than the marginal cell
which in turn is fuscous, stigma brownish testaceous, nervures brownish, except-
ing those of the basal half of the wing which incline testaceous, a little more
than the posterior two-thirds of the postscutel and of the posterior half of the
scutel, an almost oval spot on each side of the metathorax taking up nearly all
of its surface and leaving only a margin of black externally and internally and
not encroaching upon the enclosure, yellow, legs mostly brownish-yellow, coxae
black, trochanters, basal and posterior portions of the posterior femora more or
less dark brown ; pulvilli brownish.
Abdomen. — Smooth and shining and pubescent in much the same way as the
thorax, mostly yellow, lateral margins of the first ventral segment black, on the
second ventral segment there is an almost tongue-shaped dark brown mark
which extends from the base to a median circular apparently bronzy space near
the apex, the succeeding ventral segments excepting the apical one are brownish
to blackish at base, first dorsal segment with a median brownish line on the an-
terior half and a narrow almost blackish border posteriorly, the three succeeding
dorsal segments have a blackish margin at base beyond which the second seg-
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400 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
ment is castaneous, the apical dorsal segment is a practically triangular plate
that is distinctly though not strongly margined, and approximately one and one-
half times as long as wide at its base, its surface roughened, appearing closely,
indistinctly, longitudinally striate, on each side of the plate the tegument
is shining and somewhat more sparsely punctured than the front, this structure
is practically duplicated on the corresponding ventral segment, the punctuation
on the latter is. however, not nearly so distinct as on the former.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Oak Creek Canon, 20 miles southwest of Flag-
staff, Coconino Co., 6000 ft. elevation, Arizona.
Collected by F. H. Snow.
Goryte!« papagoruni n. sp.
Closely related to phaleratus, of which it may be a race. Ground
color black.
J. — 11 mm. — Head. — Front smooth and shining, with a few small punctures,
clypeus with more numerous punctures than the front, but less distinct ; scape
as long or nearly as the pedicel together with the first joint of the flagel, the
latter distinctly longer than the next, but not as long as the second, plus half of
the third, pedicel and flagel mostly brown ; greater part of the basal half of the
mandibles, clypeus and face below antennse, a prolongation along the inner eye
margin and the greater part of the scape yellow.
Thorax. — Rather dullish, though somewhat shining above ; mesosternum ante-
riorly distinctly carinated, the upper third of the mesopleura not separated from
the lower two-thirds, suture between the scutel and mesonotum not foveolate ;
wings strongly brownish in the marginal cells, elsewhere more of a yellowish-
brown, transparent, nervures brownish, stigma yellowish; pronotum, tubercles,
a margin along the mesonotum where it joins the tegulfe, a mark on each meso-
pleuron, posterior half of scutel, posterior two-thirds of the postscutel and a mark
on each side of the metathorax, yellow; anterior and middle tibiae in front and
all tarsi yellow ; tibiffi and claws mostly brown : tegulse brownish testaceous.
Abdomen. — Greater part of first and of the succeeding segments yellow.
% . — Essentially like the female.
Types. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Oak Creek Canon, 6000 ft., elevation, 20 miles
southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Six specimens collected by F. H. Snow.
Three $ paratopotypes differ from the type, apparently only in
color; in two of these specimens the second dorsal abdominal seg-
ment is quite brown, the one having nearly all of the basal two-
thirds and the other the basal half brown ; in the third 9 specimen
the metanotum has a yellow spot on each side ; the % paratopotype
has its antennse tipped with black.
HENRY L. VIERECK. 401
C'rabro einctibelliis n. sp.
Predominating color black ; pubescence golden and mostly incon-
spicuous.
9 . — 10 mm — Head. — Very as in bellus, its scrobe vvliich is nearly as long as the
first joint of the flagel and nearly four times as long as wide, lies parallel to the
inner eye margin, from which it is si'parated by a space about equal in width to
the shortest diameter of the scrobe itself, the posterior edge of the scrobe is prac-
tically tangent to an imaginary line drawn across the vertex immediately ante-
rior to the posterior ocelli ; front, clypeus and malar space witii conspicuous pu-
bescence; scape and pedicel almost entirely yellow.
T/wivix.^Propodeuin nearly as in interruptus, its dorsal aspect separated from
the posterior aspect by an impressed line rather than a series of foveee : tibite and
metatarsi almost entirely yellow, pronotu'm yellow, excepting a medial quadrate
black space, which separates the yellow into two parts, two oval yellow spots on
the scutel, tubercles and tips of femora yellow ; tarsi mostly brownish, as are the
claws; wings transparent and brownish, stigma and nervurcs of anterior margin
and basal half of the wing brownish testaceous, remainder of nervures brown.
Abdomen. — With a transverse band on each of the dorsal segments, except the
apical one, yellow; excepting the band on the penultimate segments, the bands
of yellow are narrower in the middle than lateriilly; the dorsal segments have
the greater part of the apical fourth depressed below the level of the remainder
of the segment, th's depressed portion as well as the basal third of the segments
are not yellow, pubescence quite conspicuous on the apical segment.
%. — 8.5 mm. — SnfHciently like the opposite sex, to be recognizable by com-
p? risen with the description of the latter, the posterior aspect of the nietathorax
i.s mo 'e rugose than in the female and not separated from the dorsal aspect by
an impressed line or a series of fpvese; each of the dorsal abdominal segments
has a yellow band analagous to that of each of the segments 1-5 in the female,
but with the band on the first, second, third and seventh segments interrupted
by a narrow brown line.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 6000 ft., 20
miles soutlivvest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
One $ paratopotype is somewhat larger than the type. Two
male paratopotypes seemingly differ from the type only in having
all the yellow abdominal bands except the apical one entite.
Taken in August, 1902, by F. H. Snow,
('rabro papagoruni n. sp.
Related to nigrifrons. Black, with yellow markings,
9. — 10 mm. — Head. — Presumably very much the same as in nigrifrons.
Thorax. — Pronotum and tubercles very likely as in nicjrifrons, or nearly so;
dorsuliini and scutel so closely punctured as to appear granular although mani-
festly punctate in certain parts, mesopleura as, \x\ nigrifrons ; nietathorax above
as in nigrifrons, with exception of the longitudinal furrow, wliich is not much
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402 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
longer than twice its wifUli at the base, its posterior face appearing sculptureless
with rather distinct margins laterally toward the apex; rnetapleura delicately
striated ; niesothorax and nietathorax black, excepting the appendages, which
are as follows: tegulfc mostly testaceous, margined witli yellow; wings trans-
parent, tinted with brownisli testaceous, stigma and nervures mostly brownish
testaceous; middle and posterior femora and. their metatarsi yellow, excepting a
short brown line on the inner aspect of the middle tibije, and a brown edge on
the apical margins of the middle and posterior tibia>, middle and posterior femora
tipped with yellow, posterior femora also tipped with brown, excepting the apical
tarsal joint, which is brown and practically concolorous with the claws, the tarsi
are yellow or yellowish.
Abdomen. — Quite smooth, with none of the segments noticeably depressed,
with a yellow spot on each side of the first dorsal segment; second, third and
fourth dorsal segments with a transveise, medially constricted, yellow line on
the basal half; greater portion of the fifth dorsal segment yellow; a yellow spot
on each side of the sixth dorsal and corresponding ventral segment.
Pubescence. — Eather long, thin and silvery, except on the apical abdominal seg-
ment, where it is somewhat yellowish.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Thomas' Ranch, 6000 ft., Oak Creek Canon, 20
miles southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
Taken in August by F. H. Snow. One female with head and
prothorax missing.
C'rabro canonicola n. sp.
Related to Maculipennis, from which it differs in the characters
here described; mostly black, with yellow markings; pubescence
inconspicuous, with a golden tint; abdomen, especially the second
segment, distinctly punctured, its dorsal segments, excepting the
apical one, banded with yellow.
9- — 10 mm — Head. — Very as in confertus, its scrobe forming an almost acute
angled triangle, with the base nearly half as great as the altitude, and tangent
to an imaginary straight line, which latter is in turn tangent to the anteiior
margin of the posterior ocelli, outer side of scrobe almost adjoining and parallel
to the inner eye margin ; the following parts are yellow ; scape, part of pedicel,
greater part of clypeus and mandibles, except their brownish tips.
Thorax. — Pronotuni quite as in veiitralis, doTS\i]nm more closely punctured than
the vertex and duller, scutel polished with its punctures more separated than
those on the dorsulum, episternal suture of mesopleura not conspicuously foveo-
late, base of mefcmotal enclosure nearly as in maculipennis, its central furrow
nearly quadrate, shining and nigulose, the ovoid polished spaces of the metanotum
surrounded by a foveolate furrow, the posterior aspect of the nietathorax uni-
formly smooth and shining, separated from the rnetapleura by a slender ridge,
the following parts are yellow: tibiae almost completely, except for the brown
tips, pronotuni, tubercles, episteinum niesopleuralis. anterior and posterior edges
of the teguUe, greater portion of the scutel, a spot on each side of thorax directly
HENRY L. VIERECK. 403
anterior to the scutel, greater portiou of the oval spaces on metauotum, trochan-
ters mostly, anterior and middle femora in part, posterior femora at apex, and
the greatest portiou of the basal tarsal joints; wings very as in maculipennis.
Abdomen.— GreAter portion of venter yellow; first, second, third and fourth
dorsal segments blackish at base and apex ; dorsal apical segment yellow on each
side, the corresponding ventral segment with a yellow spot on each side.
Types. — University of Kansas.
Type locality.— Thomas' Ranch, Oak Creek Canon, 6000 ft., 20
miles southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona.
One paratopotype. Both the latter and the type were taken in
August by F. H. Snow.
Carolinian Species.
Pliicnodus caddous n. sp.
Mesonotal furrows not sharply defined on the anterior half of the
sclerite and represented on the posterior half thereof by low rounded
raised lines that converge and separately meet or nearly meet the
posterior border mesonotum.
9 .—3 mm. — Heftd.— Smooth, more or less polished and shining and seemingly
without sculpture of any kind, different shades of castaneous; the mandibles
yellowish testaceous; eyes black; antennte with the first eighteen joints brown-
testaceous to brown in color, the next joint yellowish-brown, the next five joints
or the remainder of the anteunal joints brown, the scape nearly twice the length
ftf the pedicellum ; the combined lengths of the scape and pedicellum not much
longer than the first joint of the flagellum, joints of the flagelliim subequal.
Thorax.— In color about the same as the head, with the exception of the dorsu-
lum, each side of which is partly blackish ; dorsulum finely sculptured in part
and shining, on the anterior half of this sclerite the space between the parapsidal
grooves or where they ought to be is rugose, as seem to be the parapsidal grooves
themselves, posteriorly the middle portion of the same region is granular; meso-
pleura with an irregularly shaped, impressed, smooth, partly polished, partly
granular area occupying the greater part of the lower half of this sclerite, and a
small portiop of the upper half, and surrounded by rugose grooves and a rugose
area, the latter occupying the greater portion of the upper half of the meso-
pleura; metathorax with its sides rugose, the superior and posterior aspects of
the metathorax areolated, the posterior aspect in addition transversely reticula-
ted, the areolation consisting of six areas formed by an almost equilateral trian-
gle enclosed by raised lines and with its base occupying the middle third of the
junction between the dorsal and iiosterior aspects of the propodeum, by prolon-
gations of the raised line forming the base of the triangle and extending to tlie
lateral margin of the metanotum and finally by nearly parallel raised lines ex-
tending from the base of the triangle to the apex of the segment and marking
off the middle fifth or practically the middle fifth of the posterior aspect of the
metathorax, the spines of the metathorax springing from a point near or at the
middle of the junction of the sides of the metathorax, with the upper and poste-
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404 AMEUrCAN HYMENOPTERA.
rior aspects tliereof ; these spines are each rather blunt and iibout as thick and
h)ng as the last two joints of the antenna' and directed backward, a little down-
ward and a little backward; winjis somewhat clouded witb brownish but trans-
parent; nervures brownish, stiornia yellowish testaceous, with a brownish tint,
the second abscissa of the cubitus approximately as long as the first abscissa of
the radius which in turn is about two-thirds as long as the radial side of the
stigma; legs apparently simple and yellowish testaceous.
Abdomen. — Smooth and polished, castaneous to blackish, the second dorsal s<g-
ment greater in extent than the rest of the exposed portion of dorsum of abdo-
men put together, about as wide on each side as at apex, which last is approxi-
mately one and one-half times as wide as at base; the first dorsal segment with
a median longitudinal parallel sided, elevated, longitudinally striated sjiace
which is as wide as the segment at its base and separated flora a smooth polished
triangular space on each stde by rather salient edges; ovipositor springing from
the apex of the abdomen of equal length or nearly, the portion prolonged beyond
the tip of the abdomen, a little shorter than the metatarsus of the posterior legs.
Types. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Lawrence, Kansas.
One specimen taken in June ;it twilight by E. S. Tucker.
Hedysoinus wicliitiis n. sp.
Suhmedian cell of anterior wings a little longer than the median
on the externo-niedial nervure ; front e.xcavated and polished be-
tween the insertion of the antennae and the ocelli ; second joint of
the antennse about one third as long as the third ; first transverse
cubitus represented by a stump of a nervure not as long as tlx; first
abscissa of the radius and which if completed would presumably be
interstitial with the recurrent nervure,
%. — 3.5 mm. — Head. — Antennse seemingly as long as the head, thorax and
abdomen combined, apparently 23-jointed, the joints soldered together, so as to
preclude their positive differentiation, even with the aid of a lens magnifying
twenty diameters; head apparently uniformly sculptureless and polished.
Thorax. — More or less granular, shining; parapsidal grooves distinct on the
anterior half of the dorsulum, extending to the posterior margin of this sclerite,
but not so distinct on the posterior half on account of the rugulose tegument be-
tween in this region, metanotum with a somewhat triangular area occupying
nearly all its area, smootlier and more shining than the adjoining parts and longi-
tudinally bisected by a rather low, indistinct ridge, which is just about as con-
spicuiius as the ridge, which imperfectly encloses the aieas.
Abdomen. — Mostly granular and shining, partly smooth and polished ; the first
dorsal segment longitudinally rugulose, appearing somewhat longitudinally
striate; the second dorsal segment not so coarsely sculptured as the first and
divided into three parts by lateral longitudinal furrows that are not deeply
impressed but still distinct, the lateral parts triangular and equal the central part
nearly oblong and a little wider at base than at apex ; the third and fourth dor-
sal segments much the same in sculpture as the succeeding ones, but with a faint
shining, median, longitudinal laised line on the basal half.
HENRY L. VIERECK. 405
Color. — Blackish and brownish ; head brown ; flagel mostly sort of a blackish
testaceous; scape and legs practically entirely honey-testaceous; wings clear,
with the stigma and nervures less brown to brownish testaceous.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Lawrence, Kansas.
One specimen taken at twilight in August.
Upper Sonoran Species.
Odyiieriis (Sttenodyiierus) congresKSiis n. sp.
Differs from the description of my.^tecus (Sauss. Am. Wasps), as
follows :
9 • — 8 mm. — Head. — Clypeus not reticulate-rugose, but with coarse, mostly
separated punctures, prolonged into two rather long teeth with a deep emaigina-
tion between, its basal third luteous, like a line along the lower margin of the
eniargination of the eye and a somewhal Y-shaped mark above the insertion of
the antennae; a yellow spot behind each eye.
Thorax. — Edge of the pronotuni not at all punctured, metathorax smooth or
finely striate and punctured, not at all velutinous; anterior third of the prono-
tuni yellow, tegulse excepting a testaceous spot near their center and a concolor-
ous margin, luteous, the following jilaces also luteous: mark beneath the tuber-
cles; postscutel and a spot on each side of the metathorax yellow, femora mostly
black, with a brownish stripe above and a yellow mark at apex, anterior tibiae
striped with yellow, brown and black, middle and posterior tibiae mostly brown
and yellow, all tarsi and claws more or less dark brown.
Abdomen. — First dorsal segment with a yellowish luteous border along its
apical margin, the border being prolonged on each side, apical margin of the
second dorsal segment rather luteous, the corresponding ventral segment of a
similar color on each side, the pale color shading ofl' into a narrow line of brown
in the middle of the segment.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Congress Junction, Arizona.
Taken in July by F. H. Snow.
Lower Sonoran Species.
Odynerus pimorum u. sp.
Pubescence inconspicuous, silveiy, mostly yellow.
%. — 11 mm.— Head. — Eniargination of eye practically parallel sided and
nearly twice as long as wide across the middle of its short diameter, clypeus
occupying the greater part of the lower half of the face and nearly as wide as
long, convex, smooth, apparently impunctate and covered by a short appressed
pubescence, which in certain lights obscures the surface and gives it a silvery
sheen, anterior margin regular and about as long as the lateral margin ; vertex
with a longitudinal rather indistinct impression extending from near the ante-
rior ocellus posteriorly close to the posterior margin of the head ; a black area
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406 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
across the vertex from eye to eye and encircling the ocelli, this black arc extends
backwards forming a border along the superior posterior portion of the head,
flagel almost completely pale brown, its tip, which is somewhat recurved and
apparently spatulate, dark brown.
Thorax. — Metathorax distinctly biconvex, shining and punctured in mucli the
same way as the dorsulum, the excavation of the metathorax represented by a
smooth line at the base of the groove between the two concavities, no lateral
sharp ridges, the metathorax being rounded off laterally and devoid of processes
at its junction with the abdomen ; dorsulum with a broad median brown line ex-
tending from its anterior margin nearly to its posterior margin ; on each side of
the dorsulum there is a black mark extending from the junction of the anteiior
with the middle third, but not from the margin of the pronotum, back to the
posterior margin of the dorsulum where it joins the black line along the suture
between the dorsulum and scutel, the latter mostly yellow, with a longitudinal,
bisecting, impressed line, most of the sutures of thorax brown or brownish;
wings transparent, with a fuscous tinge ; the apical cells and those along tne an-
terior margin of the front wings clouded with fuscous; legs almost completely
yellow.
Abdomen.— Yhsi segment nearly as long as wide at apex, smooth and finely,
rather closely punctured ; second segment a little wider at apex than long, punc-
tured about like the preceding segment, succeeding segments more and more
finely punctured, apical segment impunctate or practically without punctures;
first segment with a brown mark basallyon its dorsum and apically on its venter,
second segment brown at its extreme base, with a greenish transverse line be-
tween the apical and middle thirds, the succeeding dorsal segments, except the
ultimate and penultimate partly greenish, mostly yellow, penultimate segment
black at base, mostly yellow beyond and partly greenish, apical segment black,
with a brownish margin posteriorly, ventral segments yellow, with the following
exceptions: third, fourth and fifth with a brown spot on each side at base, sixth
black to brown at base, greenish along its apical margin, seventh blackish, with
a trilobate yellow mark.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Bill William's Fork, Arizona.
Collected in August by F. H. Snow.
Odynerus pulveruleiiia u. sp.
Related to san88ure%,fxom which it differs chiefly in the punctured
first and second abdominal segments, and in the dull yellow livery.
Bhick, with yellow to brownish- yellow markings.
9 ■ — 10 mm. — Head. — Shining, closely punctured, except on the cheeks and
vertex, where the punctures are more separated than on the front, an irregular
depression on the vertex on a line with the median ocellus, clypeus smooth and
shining, somewhat striate with the striae terminating in the sparse punctures;
pubescent in such a way as to have the appearance of being dusted with a subtle
yellowish powder; two spots on the anterior margin of the clypeus aie yellow as
are the following parts: a cuneate mark on each side of the posterior margin of
the clypeus, an emarginate mark between the antennae at their insertion, lateral
HENRY L,. VIERECK. 407
face mark along the eye margin between the clypeus and the beginning of the
lower side of the emargination of the eye, and a stripe on the scape anteriorly.
Thorax. — With pubescence like on the head, mostly closely punctured in much
the same way as the face, metathorax distinctly concave and bounded by a salient
margin, wliich is produced into a rather acute angle near the middle of each side
of the outermost edge of the basin of the metathorax, this basin striate and uni-
formly dullish, following parts yellow : anterior and posterior maigins of prono-
tum, a spot on each side of scntel, post scutel and the lateral margins of the pos-
terior face of the metatliorax ; wings brownish, with a yellowish cast, the mar-
ginal cell distinctly iufuscated.
Abdomen. — Dullish and finely sculptured, except for the scattered indistinct
pit-like punctures, apical margin of second, third, fourth and fifth dorsal seg-
ments very coarsely, deeply and closely punctured, ventral surface similarly
sculptured to the dorsal surface, but with the pit-like puu.ctures represented by
distinct strong punctures, and the margin of the second, third, fourth and fifth
segments much narrower and not so coarsely punctured, the following yellow: a
band at apex of each of the dorsal segments, the second, third, fourth and fifth
ventral segments and the sixth ventral n)ostly, the latter tinged with brown and
partly brown the same as the corresponding dorsal segment, which latter is an
exception to the statement made for the dorsal segments in that the brown color
extends from base to apex along the middle portion.
Types. — University of" Kansas.
Type locality. — Bill William's Fork, Arizona.
Captured in August by F. H. Snow.
Odyiiei'iis (StenodyixTuis) auortniforinis n. sp.
Similar to anormis, from which it can be separated at a glace by
the predominating brownish ferruginous color. From the descrip-
tion of anormis (Sauss., Am. Wasps) it differs chiefly as follows:
brownish ferruginous in color, excepting the eyes, ocelli, luteous
ornaments and black of abdomen.
9. — 7 mm. — Head. — With luteous ornaments as follows: base of mandibles,
basal half of clypeus, a somewhat V-shaped large mark ou the front extending
down to between the insertion of the antennae and occupying that part of the
face which fills the emargination of the eye and stripe adjoining the upper half
of the posterior margin of the eye.
Thorax. — Luteous, as follows: gieater part of the anterior half of pronotum,
with the exception of a narrow interiuption along the middle line, a spot on the
dorsulum near the scutel, tips of anterior and middle femora and a mark and
stripe on each tibia; wings transparent, somewhat smoky, with the apex of the
marginal ceil infuscated.
Abdomen. — The edge of the second segment not conspic^uously different in
punctuation from the remainder of the segment, greater part of second, third,
fourth, fifth and sixth segment blackish, the following luteous: posterior third
of first dorsal with its lateral prolongation extending to a little before the middle
of the segment along the lateral margin, a circular spot on each side of the second
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. JANUARY, 1908.
408 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA.
dorsal, an apical margin on the latter occupying nearly one-fourth of the exposed
portion of the segment, a corresponding, border on the second ventral and on
fourth dorsal segments.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Bill William's Fork, Arizona.
Collected in Angust by F. H. Snow.
Odynei'iis (Steiiodynerns) giilielini u. sp.
Related to xanthianus, from the description of whicli (Saiiss.,
Am. Wasps) it differs as follows : black, with pale markings.
9 . — 9 mm. — Head. — Basal third of clypeus yellow, as are the following parts:
scape anterorly (brownish basally), a mark between the insertion of the autennse
and extending a little above the same, and another mark on the face above, fiU-
•ng the emargination of the eyes and a stripe back of each eye and adjoining the
upper half of the posterior margin of the latter.
Thorax. — Postscutel elevated, almost crested along the anterior margin, uni-
formly, strongly punctured, the punctures about the same in size as those on the
head and abdomen ; the following parts luteous: anterior half of pronotum mostly
tegulse, excepting a central testaceous area, a mark on dorsum back of tegulse and
a stripe on the apical half of the anterior and middle femora; there is a luteous
stripe on each of the tibise; cosje and trochanters mostly black; femora and
tibise mostly brownish to brownish ferruginous, tarsi and claws completely
brown ; wings as to color about as in anormifonnis.
Abdomen. — Second segment punctured much the same as in anormiformis; a
triangular border along the posterior margin of the first dorsal segment with a
lateral prolongation yellow, a spot on each side of the last named segment and
its apical margin luteous, the following also luteous ; apical margin of the second
and third venti'al and apical margin of fourth and fifth dorsal segments.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Bill William's Fork, Arizona.
Collected in August by F. H. Snow.
Ciorytes giilielmi n. sp.
Related to hamatiis. Black, with pale markings.
9. — 7 mm. — Head. — Front distinctly punctured, the punctures irregularly
separated and nowhere adjoining; scape almost as long as the combined length
of the three following joints of the antennsB, first joint of flagel nearly as long
as the two following joints together, the following parts yoUow : clypeus, except-
ing the brown anterior margin, the mandibles at base, the scape in front, and a
margin along the eyes on the face.
Thorax. — Dorsalum mesopleura and metathorax with rather large separated
punctures, exclosure of the latter rather poorly defined and traversed by almost
adjoining longitudinal striae, mesopleura distinctly carinated, but not at all dis-
tinctly separated into two areas each ; tibise and tarsi with rather sparse weak
bristles, wings clear, excepting a fuscous cloud which occupies practically all of
the marginal and first submarginal, fully half of the half of the second submar-
ginal and a small portion of the thiid discoidal cells, there is also a fuscous spot.
Teans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXXIII.
PI. XII.
ODYMERU& PI^VISOREOUS ODYMERU5 TEMPIFERU&
Trffir
EUMEME5 EMIGMATU5
VIERECK ON HYMENOPTERA.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXXIII.
PI. XIII.
Eciroenes cpocifepopora
EaraeQes CP<:jc\fer=opara
Odfjnei^s cjaroaa
VIERECK ON HYMENOPTERA.
HENRY L. VIERECK. 40H
tliough not so intense a one in the apical portion of the first discoidal cell ; fol-
lowing parts yellow: prouotuui, tubercles, a somewhat cuneate mark along the
upper margin of the mesopleura, posterior two-thirds of scutel, a spot on each
side of mesonotum, anterior and middle femora and tibiae, the former apically,
the latter in front, the greater part of the front and posterior femora, as well as
a stripe on the posterior aspect of femora and the greater part of the anterior
and middle tarsi ; posterior tarsi brown.
Abdomen. — Strongly punctured, with its punctures well separated, the apical
dorsal segment apparently without a pygidial area; an ajjical margin on each of
tiie dorsal segments, excepting the apical one, yellow.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Bill William's Fork, Arizona.
Taken in August by F. H. Snow.
jVysKon iiiterniediu!« n. sp.
Black, with pale markings.
9 • — 8 mm. — Head. — Cheeks not margined posteriorly but punctured, with the
punctures well separated and deej). sculpture of front hidden by appressed pu-
bescence somewhat tuberculate between the insertion of the antennse, clypeus
rather closely and distinctly punctured and depressed along the apical margin,
the apical half of the antennae much thicker than the basal half, the apical joint
forming sort of a truncated cornucopia, seen from below this latter joint looks
like the apical joint of the antennae in a male Odynerus, i. e. as if there existed a
hook tlexed upon the joint proper, part of the scape and pedicel reddish-brown,
flagel dark brown to blackish, mandibles dark brown at base and apex, yellow in
l)etween, front pubescent like side of metanotum.
Thorax. — Dorsulum apparently rugoso-punctate like the scutel, which latter is
apparently without a mai'gin laterally, mesopleura coarsely punctured, but not
so coarsely as the dorsulum; metathorax with a strong spine on each side, the
enclosui'e rather protuberant and not well defined, longitudinally striate, some
short spines on the posterior aspect of hind tibite; wings transparent, with a
brownish tinge ; the nervures and stigma blackish, petiole of the second subinai-
ginal cell, and the cell itself about as long as the cell is high, pronotum with a
yellow line on each side nearly forming a continuous band, tubercles partly
yellowish, tips of metathoracic spines yellowish, coxae brownish to blackish, rest
of legs mostly ferruginous, tarsi and tibiae partly brown, side of metanotum and
postscutel witli a more or less dense, conspicuous, appressed pubescence.
Abdomen. — Distinctly closely punctured, the dorsal apical segment bidentate,
with a slight elevation between the teeth, a yellow border at apex of first and
second dorsal, second, third, fourth and fifth ventral segments; the third, fourth,
fifth and sixth dorsal segments with an elongate yellow mark on each side,
nearly forming a continuous border, greater part of the basal half of the first
dorsal segment pubescent in much the same way as the sides of the metanotum.
Type. — University of Kansas.
Type locality. — Bill William's Fork, Arizona.
Captured in August by F. H. Snow.
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